Nature Communications (journal) Archive — Page 1 of 5

Three researchers pose beside a display showing a fourth participant on a video call; whiteboards with mathematical notes are visible in the background.
June 30, 2026

Team creates premium fake people to speed HIV research

Due to nations’ conflicting privacy regulations, de-identified clinical data needed for science doesn’t always travel so well internationally. A team turned to AI to generate a better class of fake people living with HIV.

June 29, 2026

Unlocking diabetes’ secrets: Pediatric organ donors help map a path to a cure and prevention

Multi-institutional study reveals unprecedented insights into early pancreatic islet formation and function during first decade of life.

Fluorescence micrograph of pancreatic islets against a black background, with beta cells shown in green, alpha cells in red, delta cells in white, and cell nuclei in blue.
May 12, 2026

Human islet function, diabetes risk defined by heterogeneous endocrine cell composition

Multisite consortium analyzed human pancreatic islet cells from nondiabetic organ donors in innovative method to better understand pathophysiology of diabetes.

Top-down view of gray canvas sneakers standing on a large yellow circle with a black upward arrow, painted on a dark cobblestone path.
April 8, 2026

Adding steps offsets risk of chronic disease: Study

Using Fitbits, researchers set out to discover how many additional steps patients need to reduce risks of chronic disease.

Abstract green and blue digital network with glowing grid lines, data points, and layered wave-like forms around a dark central area.
February 6, 2026

New analytical approach identifies novel risk genes for colorectal cancer

The study advances understanding of risk for colon and rectal cancers and points to targets for developing new treatments.

Stokes Peebles, MD, right, Mark Rusznak, PhD, and their colleagues have identified a potential drug target for treating asthma. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
February 4, 2026

Broad genetic study reveals new drug target for asthma

The findings could bring relief to the more than 26 million people in the United States with asthma, a chronic and complex inflammatory disease of the airways.