Can patients’ gut microbes help fight cancer?
Only 30%-40% of cancer patients respond to immune checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) therapies. Intestinal bugs might boost this rate—if the right microbes or metabolites can be identified.
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Telemedicine takes center stage in the era of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the use of telemedicine. Time will tell if its popularity will last. -
Genomics comes full circle
Microbiomics goes meta: Scientists are using the DNA of all the microbes in entire ecosystems to sequence and identify new bacteria, viruses, and fungi. -
The road to reducing traffic accidents in China
By viewing traffic accidents as though they were a disease that could be cured, China has come a long way in reducing them. -
Democratizing cryo-EM: Broadening access to an expanding field
A cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) machine for all: National centers enable researchers more access to this technology. -
Prints of pieces
Bioprinting—using 3D printing technology to create living tissues and organs—are now entering labs. Next stop: the operating room. -
Quantum technology comes of age
Quantum technology has arrived. Find out how quantum computing will come soon to a lab near you. -
Beyond CRISPR: What’s current and upcoming in genome editing
Gene editing gets an upgrade with new versions of CRISPR and CRISPR alternatives (zinc-finger nucleases, TALENs, and meganucleases). -
When robots sleep, do they dream of algorithms?
Researchers are embracing artificial intelligence (AI) but with cautious optimism. -
Epitranscriptomics: RNA revisited
Like its chemical cousin DNA, RNA undergoes modifications that regulate gene expression, giving way to a new field: epitranscriptomics.
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