Unraveling structure and function relationships in synthetic cell receptors
Northwestern University researchers have identified structural features in engineered cell receptors that correlate with ...
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Creating the World’s First CRISPR Medicine, for Sickle Cell Disease
In December 2023, through the development efforts of CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, their decades-long ...
Biologists discover a new type of control over RNA splicing
RNA splicing is a cellular process that is critical for gene expression. After genes are copied from DNA into messenger RNA, ...
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Scientists identify a new cancer immunotherapy target: Dysfunctional B cells
Scientists have discovered a novel subset of cancer-fighting immune cells that reside outside of their normal neighborhood -- known as the tertiary lymphoid structure -- where they become ...
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For success in bioelectronics, build with nature-inspired design
The bioelectronic scaffolds that Rutz and Okafor print appear as dark-colored dots about 6 millimeters in diameter -- about the size of a pencil eraser -- and are floating in water. Okafor has ...