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Two teams  independently characterized Cpf1's on-target efficiency and off-target specificity, publishing their results last month.

The funding will support further data curation and integration, an expanded database infrastructure, and enhanced data displays and query tools, among other things.

The panel distinguishes between patients with non-aggressive disease and more aggressive forms that could require interventions like radical prostatectomy.

The assay measures the levels of three metabolites in patient urine to detect adenomatous polyps, and is being offered as a laboratory-developed test by ADL.

The assay is designed to measure changes in blood levels of the peptide precursor procalcitonin to differentiate bacterial infections from viral ones. 

In Science this week: spatial transcriptomics strategy, and more.

Nobel laureates urge Greenpeace to embrace genetically modified crops.

Researchers use the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing approach to limit herpesviruses replication.

In Nature this week: methylation analysis methods compared, and more.