Gene knockout of P450s CYP392A16 and CYP392D2 reveals unexpected in vivo effects and transcriptional rewiring in the extreme generalist Tetranychus urticae.
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It is demonstrated that even resistance-associated detoxification genes that are considered functionally validated in vitro, can have strong context-dependent phenotypic effects in vivo, underscoring the complexity of resistance gene networks and highlighting the need to interpret CRISPR/Cas9 knockout phenotypes within the broader genetic and regulatory context.
It is argued that formation of a tumour-intrinsic niche is a prerequisite for BRAF-mutant CRC seeding to distant organs and that interference with niche formation may help avoid metastatic relapse.
J. Bugter, L. El Bouazzaoui, E. Küçükköse et al.· bioRxiv· 2 citations
It is concluded that bridging the gap between foundational CRISPR research and its real-world applications is imperative and future efforts should focus on democratizing tools via open-source platforms, advancing delivery systems, and fostering sustainable innovation through synthetic biology integration to fully realize the transformative potential of genome editing in organisms beyond model organisms.
S. Sarsaiya, Archana Jain, Jishuang Chen et al.· Biotechnology Advances· 2 citations
A virus-like particle (VLP)-based toolkit that delivers diverse CRISPR editing modalities to human monocytes, macrophages and dendritic cells with high efficiency while preserving viability and innate immune responsiveness is presented.
Hyuncheol Jung, Pascal Devant, Carter Ching et al.· Nature Biotechnology· 0 citations
Findings provide direct functional evidence that szl regulates median caudal patterning in goldfish and suggest that szl-dependent modulation of the Chordin/BMP network can generate twin-tail-like caudal morphology.
Huijuan Li, Xiaoying Zhang, Xiaowen Wang et al.· International Journal of Mol...· 0 citations
This work proposes that phytomelatonin functions as an epigenetic and epitranscriptomic trigger capable of converting transient stress perception into durable transcriptional competence and outlines how single-cell multi-omics, targeted epigenome editing, epitranscriptomic profiling and field-scale validation of priming strategies can transform this conceptual framework into testable mechanisms and crop-improvement strategies.
Chenhui Li, Wenfang Guo, X. Su et al.· Plant physiology and biochem...· 0 citations
A new method for surgically removing training examples from a model reveals that as datasets grow, the link between what a model learns and what it produces dissolves.
MIT News · Artificial Intelligence· news.mit.eduAug 17, 2026