"There is not, has never been, and never will be, a system that can absolve you of the need to read papers, use data, conduct experiments, think about results, and share insights you find valuable. Doing anything else is an abdication of your responsibility as a scientist."

A breeze before "The winds of change"? cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

In a first-in-human trial, genetically modified pancreatic cells evaded immune attack and produced insulin without the need for immunosuppressants. This immune-stealth cell therapy could mark a major leap toward a functional cure for type 1 diabetes. science.org/content/articl…

The first successful microRNA therapy? bbc.com/news/articles/…

RNA-directed recombination of the human genome science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Functional RNA splitting drove the evolutionary emergence of type V CRISPR-Cas systems from transposons cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

nytimes.com/2025/10/01/obi…

Sir John Gurdon cam.ac.uk/research/news/…

Diane Keaton people.com/diane-keaton-d…

Matrix-associated extracellular vesicles modulate human smooth muscle cell adhesion and directionality by presenting collagen VI doi.org/10.7554/eLife.…

I highly recommend for those who like to have an extra pair of A-eyes before submitting for peer review (which might end up being similar). This helps identify limitations in a study and provides solutions to address them, without the typical Reviewer #2 insufferable vibe.

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"The upstream RNA duplex in one RTC is reciprocally unwound by a helicase in a head-to-head-positioned RTC in the 3′–5′ direction." cell.com/cell/abstract/…

“He will not listen but will insist on doing his work in his own way. I believe he has ideas about becoming a scientist; on his present showing, this is quite ridiculous.” nature.com/articles/d4158…

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, who spent the Seventies singing with the Grateful Dead, sang back-up on several classic Sixties hits, and fronted her own bands, has died at age 78. More on her life and legacy: rollingstone.com/music/music-ne…

Diane Ladd, the Oscar-nominated actress best known for her work in Martin Scorsese’s Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore and David Lynch’s Wild at Heart, has died. She was 89. rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-m…

N.B. "it is important to emphasize that, in the absence of previous structural knowledge of synthetic or patient-derived α-synuclein fibrils, such materials should be handled with extreme caution." nature.com/articles/s4158…

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James Watson bbc.com/news/articles/…

Sir Alex Ferguson, Gary Neville and Ruud van Nistelrooy were among a number of football figures who turned out for a memorial service for Scotland great Denis Law in his hometown of Aberdeen. #BBCFootball