versatile gene-editing tool could tackle a host of diseases
A cell’s protein-making machinery (artist’s illustration) can be instructed to ignore mutations that would otherwise result in shortened…
can gene editing prevent heart disease?
Crystalline forms of cholesterol (blue) in a liver cell (purple), imaged using a scanning electron microscope.Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science…
Real-time molecular recorders expose the inner lives of cells
Illustration: The Project Twins Cells are poor storytellers. They live complex, eventful lives — dividing, migrating, responding to…
the gene-altering tools tackling deadly disorders
Brain cells (artificially coloured) can be infected by a virus carrying the apperatus to correct disease-causing mutations. Credit:…