CRISPR technology: A decade of genome editing is only the beginning

JY Wang, JA Doudna - Science, 2023 - science.org
The advent of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) genome
editing, coupled with advances in computing and imaging capabilities, has initiated a new …

Phase transitions of associative biomacromolecules

RV Pappu, SR Cohen, F Dar, M Farag, M Kar - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Multivalent proteins and nucleic acids, collectively referred to as multivalent associative
biomacromolecules, provide the driving forces for the formation and compositional …

[HTML][HTML] What is a cell type and how to define it?

H Zeng - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Cell types are the basic functional units of an organism. Cell types exhibit diverse
phenotypic properties at multiple levels, making them challenging to define, categorize, and …

Phase-separating RNA-binding proteins form heterogeneous distributions of clusters in subsaturated solutions

M Kar, F Dar, TJ Welsh, LT Vogel… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Macromolecular phase separation is thought to be one of the processes that drives the
formation of membraneless biomolecular condensates in cells. The dynamics of phase …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated intracellular organization and its variations in human iPS cells

MP Viana, J Chen, TA Knijnenburg, R Vasan, C Yan… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding how a subset of expressed genes dictates cellular phenotype is a
considerable challenge owing to the large numbers of molecules involved, their …

CRISPR-based genome editing through the lens of DNA repair

TS Nambiar, L Baudrier, P Billon, A Ciccia - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Genome editing technologies operate by inducing site-specific DNA perturbations that are
resolved by cellular DNA repair pathways. Products of genome editors include DNA breaks …

[HTML][HTML] Empowering biomedical discovery with AI agents

S Gao, A Fang, Y Huang, V Giunchiglia, A Noori… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
We envision" AI scientists" as systems capable of skeptical learning and reasoning that
empower biomedical research through collaborative agents that integrate AI models and …

Spatial omics technologies at multimodal and single cell/subcellular level

J Park, J Kim, T Lewy, CM Rice, O Elemento… - Genome Biology, 2022 - Springer
Spatial omics technologies enable a deeper understanding of cellular organizations and
interactions within a tissue of interest. These assays can identify specific compartments or …

The social and structural architecture of the yeast protein interactome

AC Michaelis, AD Brunner, M Zwiebel, F Meier… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Cellular functions are mediated by protein–protein interactions, and mapping the
interactome provides fundamental insights into biological systems. Affinity purification …

Screening membraneless organelle participants with machine-learning models that integrate multimodal features

Z Chen, C Hou, L Wang, C Yu, T Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Protein self-assembly is one of the formation mechanisms of biomolecular condensates.
However, most phase-separating systems (PS) demand multiple partners in biological …