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A research team searches for every gene that helps tumors evade immunotherapy

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By Allessandra DiCorato October 11, 2023 In 2011, Robert Manguso was working in a cell biology lab when his mother was diagnosed with Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare and aggressive skin cancer. They are used to treat cancers including melanoma and non-small cell lung cancer, but work only for a small fraction of patients.

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Codon Digest: Injected Gene Editors

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Read A new DNA polymerase variant, called RT-KTq I614Y, can directly detect RNA modifications, including pseudouridine (Ψ) and queuosine (Q). By combining this new variant with standard sequencing methods, it’s possible to identify RNA modifications in a really simple way. Communications Biology. Cell Systems.

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Levers for Biological Progress

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Scientists are already building a model that can, for example, look at which RNA molecules are expressed in a cell at t=0 and predict how those molecules will change at t=1. Even more fundamentally, a virtual cell is a way to encapsulate the current extent of our biological knowledge. Even the humble E.

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