A core idea in molecular biology is that one gene codes for one protein. Now biologists have found an example of a gene that yields two forms of a protein – enabling it to evolve new functionality.
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One big challenge for gene therapies is delivering DNA or RNA safely to cells inside patients’ bodies. New nanoparticles could be an improvement over the current standard – repurposed viruses.
New genetic technologies are letting us look at flu evolution right where it starts: within individual people, while they’re sick.
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Professor and Department Chair of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor Emerita of Biology, Indiana University
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Director, Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University
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Associate Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Affiliate Associate Professor of Genome Sciences and Microbiology, University of Washington
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Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Columbia University
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Doctoral Student in Biochemistry, University of Washington
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Professor of Biology, Entomology and Biotechnology, Penn State
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Doctoral Student in Genome Sciences, University of Washington
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Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego
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Assistant Teaching Professor, University of California, San Diego
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Murdoch University
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Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Bioethics & Medicine, Sydney Health Ethics, Haematologist/BMT Physician, Royal North Shore Hospital and Director, Praxis Australia, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Monash University
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Professor of Medicine, Monash University
