Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Artist depiction of the heavy set facial features of a Denisovan.Credit: Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology/Chinese Academy of Sciences A low, sloping forehead, a massive brow ridge, rectangle-like eye sockets, flat cheeks, and a moderately
The method called prime editing can make fine-scale edits to DNA (artist’s illustration).Credit: Patrick Landmann/Science Photo Library A powerful gene-editing technique has been used to edit DNA directly in a person’s body — the first known instance of such a treatment. The milestone treatment is part of a clinical trial of prime editing, a technique
Division of Radiation and Genome Stability, Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Yizhou Joseph He, Khyati Meghani, Chunyu Yang, Jie Bian, Jessica Moore, Joshi Niraj, Alan D. D’Andrea, Pascal Drané & Dipanjan Chowdhury Genome Stability Laboratory, CHU de Québec Research Center, HDQ Pavilion, Oncology Axis, Québec City, Québec, Canada Marie-Christine Caron, Daryl A. Ronato & Jean-Yves Masson Department of Molecular
Illustration: David Parkins The problem Dear Nature, A few months ago, I started a PhD at a university in North America. I have a disability that affects both my physical and my mental capacity, and its impact on me fluctuates. The more I can rest, the fewer symptom flare-ups I experience. Unfortunately, my laboratory has
Bat Week officially begins today. It’s the one week where Earth’s only winged mammals get top billing. Often associated with disease, vampires, and other generally unpleasant things, bats are actually important pollinators and play critical roles in our ecosystem. “They’re just so cool and so interesting. During first forays into bat studies, it was just
Environmental restoration sometimes requires out-of-the-box thinking. Along the waters of Long Island Sound in New York and Connecticut, experts are tackling the challenge of restoring crucial eelgrass habitats by gluing the plant’s seeds to clams. Eelgrass (Zostera marina) is an important member of the ecosystem. It provides foraging areas and shelter for young fish and