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

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The Future of Gene Editing with Programmable Recombinases

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Overcoming Bottlenecks in Cell Line Development

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Prime Editing Brings Precision and Breadth to Genome Editing

Holographic DNA, scientific data, and a human outline are being held between a human hand and a robot hand, representing the CRISPR-GPT model.

CRISPR-GPT Turns Novice Scientists into Gene Editing Experts

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Improving Crop Resilience with AI and DNA Synthesis

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A Single Genetic Tweak Stops Mosquitoes from Spreading Malaria

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Getting to the Heart of CRISPR-Based Therapies

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Ancestry Bias Could Cause CRISPR Screens to Veer Off-target

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How America’s Cotton Farmers Eradicated the Pink Bollworm

A futuristic 3D composition showcasing a silver DNA strand beside three transparent glass capsules, each of which contains DNA fragments, indicating CRISPR therapies.

CRISPR Therapy: Progress and Prospects

Petros Giannikopoulos (right) and Fyodor Urnov (left) stand in a lab where an on-demand therapy was made to treat Baby KJ. They are both wearing blue shirts and glasses.

Baby KJ’s Bespoke Gene Therapy Is a Masterclass in Scientific Collaboration

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Prolonged GLP-1 Exposure Remodels Gene Expression in the Pancreas by Flipping a Molecular Switch

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Editors Mass Resign from Elsevier Journal After Editor-in-Chief Let Go

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Cockroach Milk Proteins Churn Out an Ig Nobel Win

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Then and Now: Sarkis Mazmanian Finds Gut-Brain Links to Parkinson’s Disease

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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Engineering CAR-Neutrophils In Vivo to Target Glioblastoma

Engineering CAR-Neutrophils In Vivo to Target Glioblastoma

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Multiplex Microscopy Becomes Easier with Encoded Antibodies

A new system that enables researchers to uniquely tag monoclonal antibodies for use in microscopy could help simplify complex imaging studies.

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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Engineering CAR-Neutrophils In Vivo to Target Glioblastoma

Engineering CAR-Neutrophils In Vivo to Target Glioblastoma

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Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

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Beyond the Basics: Strategies for Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis

Beyond the Basics: Strategies for Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis

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