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Thu · 18 Jun 2026

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📅 PUBMED DAILY TRIAGE — 2026-06-18

Window: 2026-06-17T09:00Z → 2026-06-18T09:00Z (CRDT) Topics scanned: 9 + sentinel | Candidates evaluated: ~191 | Articles kept: 18 High priority: 2 | Standard: 15 | Low/archive: 0 kept | Unsolicited finds: 1 Run status: SUCCESS


🔴🟠 HIGH PRIORITY (8+) — Best Finds by Topic

Cardiovascular-Metabolic (GLP-1 / SGLT2 / Cardiometabolic Risk)

TR-2026-06-18-001 · [PMID 42309121] · 1-year outcomes of semaglutide, tirzepatide, and sleeve gastrectomy in obesity in type 2 diabetes · 9/10 · Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol → Largest real-world head-to-head comparison (n=45,093, Epic Cosmos EHR, 1,633 hospitals): tirzepatide achieved 13.2% composite weight+HbA1c target vs semaglutide 3.0% vs sleeve gastrectomy 24.0% at 1 year — tirzepatide showed 4.4× superiority over semaglutide for combined metabolic target; surgery led but with higher ED visit rates. Directly actionable for treatment selection in high-BMI T2D.

Rare Diseases with High Unmet Need

TR-2026-06-18-002 · [PMID 42308588] · Effects of sevasemten (EDG-5506) on safety, biomarkers, and functional measures in adults with Becker muscular dystrophy: results of a phase 1b, open-label study · 8/10 · EBioMedicine → First phase 1b data with 24-month follow-up for sevasemten (oral fast myosin ATPase inhibitor) in 12 adults with Becker MD: well-tolerated, durable reduction in muscle injury biomarkers from week 4, functional stabilization (NSAA stable) vs expected decline. First novel oral mechanism in BMD with extended safety data. Phase 2/3 ongoing.

Topics with zero 8+ articles today: T1 (Hematologic), T2 (CBC/ML), T3 (Liquid biopsy), T4 (AI/ML), T5 (Precision oncology), T6 (Novel therapeutics), T8 (Aging/longevity)


🟢⚪ STANDARD (5-7) — Top by Topic

T1 — Hematologic Malignancies

T2 — CBC-Based Diagnostics + Machine Learning

T3 — Liquid Biopsy / ctDNA / cfDNA

T4 — AI/ML in Clinical Diagnostics

T5 — Precision Oncology / Genomic Medicine

T6 — Novel Therapeutics

T7 — Cardiovascular-Metabolic

T8 — Aging / Longevity

T9 — Rare Diseases


💡 UNSOLICITED FINDS

TR-SEN-001 · [42310302] · IDH1-R132H enhances oncolytic HSV-1 therapy via Nectin-1 upregulation and IFN suppression in glioma (Nat Commun, Chiocca/Cook/Freeman/Kuchroo, Harvard/Brigham) · 5/10 · Preclinical. IDH1-R132H proposed as predictive biomarker for CAN-3110 oncolytic virotherapy; TIGIT blockade combination enhances efficacy. Novel precision virology/oncology concept.


📊 TODAY'S BREAKDOWN

By research category:

By evidence maturity:

By watchlist topic (reviewed / kept / highest score):

Topic Reviewed Kept Best Score
T1 Hematologic malignancies 20 5 7
T2 CBC/ML hematology 20 1 5
T3 Liquid biopsy/ctDNA 17 1 6
T4 AI/ML diagnostics 20 2 7
T5 Precision oncology 20 0 unique 5
T6 Novel therapeutics 20 4 7
T7 Cardiovascular-metabolic 20 3 9
T8 Aging/longevity 20 2 6
T9 Rare diseases 20 3 8
Sentinel 15 1 5

By source type: peer_reviewed: 18 | preprint: 0

Topics with zero 8+ articles this run: T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T8 (7 of 9 topics)


🔧 RUN NOTES

  1. Window expansion: Not triggered (18 articles > 5 threshold).
  2. Truncation: esummary responses truncated at 20KB for T1, T2, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8 batches. Top 7–14 IDs per T4 and T5 not fully reviewed. This may mean additional STANDARD articles were missed.
  3. T2 zero-signal streak: 2 days (now broken at day 3 with marginal 5/10 hit). T2 query has an ongoing NCBI synonymy issue — "hematology" expands to hemorrhage/hematoma and hemorrhagic. Recommended fix next run: Add NOT hemorrhage[tiab] NOT hematoma[tiab] exclusion clause; use narrower terms ("hematology analyzer" OR "complete blood count" OR "leukocyte differential") with explicit ML terms.
  4. T1 No HIGH articles: CAR-T anakinra negative finding (7/10) was best T1 result. Watchlist query is broad; dilution by non-leukemia results noted.
  5. PMID 42310469 (T8 top result): Not reviewed due to fetch truncation. To be checked next run or as deferred.
  6. PMID 42310438 excluded: Nat Med "CAR T cells take on precancers" identified as Comment/editorial — no abstract, excluded per default exclusion criteria.
  7. T5/T6 overlap: Heavy cross-listing continues. Consider adding deduplication step by fingerprint before per-topic scoring.
  8. 7-day rolling view (T2 zero-HIGH streak): Day 3. Action still needed per query refinement recommendation.