Genome Editing

Red and green small tomatoes. A new genetic engineering approach helped gene-edited plants grow faster.
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Scientists leveraged plants’ built-in regeneration capacity to grow modified plants in weeks instead of months, offering a novel tool in plant biotechnology.
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Hunt Down Lentivirus Titer and Structure with Leprechaun

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How Teamwork Built a Customized CRISPR Gene Therapy

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Base Editing Corrects Mutations for Cardiac Disease in Mice

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Engineered Prime Editors with Improved Precision Could Provide Safer Cell and Gene Therapies

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After Centuries of Controversy, Is Xenotransplantation Finally Here to Stay?

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The Future of Gene Editing with Programmable Recombinases

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Protein Evolution in Mammalian Cells May Improve Therapeutics

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Advancing Plasmid DNA Purification at Scale

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Prime Editing Brings Precision and Breadth to Genome Editing

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What Happens When a Fly Lands on Your Food? 

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Record-Breaking DNA Sequencing Technology Could Transform Newborn Care

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Olga Anczukow and Ryan Englander discuss how transcriptome splicing affects immune system function in lung cancer.

Long-Read RNA Sequencing Reveals a Regulatory Role for Splicing in Immunotherapy Responses

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Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

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November 2025, Issue 1

Why Do We Feel Butterflies in the Stomach?

These fluttering sensations are the brain’s reaction to certain emotions, which can be amplified or soothed by the gut’s own “bugs".

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Olga Anczukow and Ryan Englander discuss how transcriptome splicing affects immune system function in lung cancer.

Long-Read RNA Sequencing Reveals a Regulatory Role for Splicing in Immunotherapy Responses

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Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

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Exploring the State of the Art in Gene Editing Techniques

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Simplifying Early Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis with Blood Testing

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Research on rewiring neural circuit in fruit flies wins 2025 Eppendorf & Science Prize