Daily Briefs and News
Short summaries of newly published papers and science news in molecular biology, molecular genetics, biotechnology and molecular therapeutics.
Oct 20, 2026Programmable Cas13b Silences Cancer-Driving Fusion Transcripts, Including Drug-Resistant BCR::ABL1, in Cell ModelsBy guiding Cas13b to the breakpoint where two genes join, researchers silenced nine oncogenic fusions in cell lines, according to a Science Advances paper.
Oct 20, 2026Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 Honors the Light-Gated Channels Behind OptogeneticsKarl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel share the prize for discoveries that let researchers switch nerve cells on and off with light, according to the Nobel Assembly.
Oct 19, 2026A New Class of Mitochondria-Targeted Compounds Induces Ferroptosis and Suppresses Tumors in Cancer ModelsThe compounds induce iron-dependent cell death without targeting GPX4 or FSP1, the proteins conventional strategies target, according to a Cell paper.
