Immune Issue

Jan 08, 2018

A number of people may have a natural immunity to the Cas9 proteins of the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing machinery, Stat News reports. This, Fierce Biotech adds, could complicate efforts to develop the tool as a therapeutic approach.

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The Scan

Increased Genetic Privacy in Florida

Florida Politics reports Florida's law barring life, long-term care, and disability insurers from using genetic information in coverage decisions went into effect at the beginning of July.

Working Out the Effect

The Washington Post reports on researchers' efforts to determine the effect of an increasingly common SARS-CoV-2 mutation.

Attention-Grabbing in Two Ways

A new analysis finds a link between popular media coverage of a scientific study and how often that paper is cited.

Nature Papers Describe CRISPR Plant Editing Methods, DNA-PAINT Improvements, More

In Nature this week: CRISPR approaches to editing plant genomes, way to speed up DNA-PAINT, and more.

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