Grepore-seq: A Robust Workflow for Detecting Gene Editing Changes through Long-Range PCR and Nanopore Sequencing Research Background The CRISPR/Cas9 system, as an RNA-guided DNA endonuclease system, has been widely applied in genome editing. As its potential in clinical treatment continues to increase, comprehensive evaluation of gene editing resul...
Comparison of SaCas9 and SpCas9 in High-Fidelity and Different Gene Editing Outcomes Research Background CRISPR systems based on Cas9 protein have become powerful tools for genome editing, widely used in basic research and clinical gene therapy. Currently, the most commonly used Cas9 variants are SpCas9 from Streptococcus pyogenes and SaCas9 from S...
High sensitivity of high-throughput metagenomic sequencing in colon tissue biopsies: Eliminating the impact of host DNA Background Evaluating bacterial taxonomic structure through next-generation sequencing without culturing has become a common method for studying the relationship between bacterial imbalance and various diseases. Previous studies h...
Comprehensive Characterization and Transcriptome Analysis of Terminal Erythropoiesis in Human Fetal Liver Background and Research Question Erythropoiesis is the process of red blood cell production. Initially, “primitive” erythropoiesis occurs in the yolk sac, gradually replaced by “terminal” erythropoiesis in the fetal liver (FL) and postnatal bon...
A Study on Protein Lactylation and Metabolic Regulation Reveals New Areas of Toxoplasma gondii Biology Background: Toxoplasma gondii is a globally distributed protozoan parasite that infects over 30% of the world’s population. It causes toxoplasmosis, a widespread zoonotic disease. The parasite has a complex life cycle, including sexual and asexual...
Sequence-based Functional Metagenomics Reveals New Natural Diversity of Functional COPA Genes in Environmental Microbiomes The natural diversity of functional genes/proteins in environmental microbiomes is an essential component of evolutionary and bioengineering research. To gain a deeper understanding of the diversity of the copper (Cu) resistanc...
Decoding Human Biology and Disease with Single-Cell Omics Technologies Background Introduction Cells are the fundamental units of life. A single fertilized egg can develop into an entire complex human body, composed of approximately 37 trillion cells organized into various tissues, organs, and systems. Traditional cell classification methods primar...
Time-Dependent Multi-Omics Integration in Sepsis-Associated Liver Dysfunction Introduction Sepsis, especially severe cases, causes multiple organ dysfunction due to systemic infection, resulting in up to 5 million deaths globally each year. Traditionally, Sepsis-Associated Liver Dysfunction (SALD) was considered a condition accompanied by jaundice ...
Protein Structure Prediction: Challenges, Progress, and Shifts in Research Paradigms Protein structure prediction is an important interdisciplinary research topic that has attracted researchers from various fields including biochemistry, medicine, physics, mathematics, and computer science. Researchers have adopted multiple research paradigms to so...
Application of Homologous Recombination Deficiency (HRD) in Tumor Patient Assessment and Treatment Planning Background Homologous Recombination (HR) is an important mechanism for repairing DNA Double-Strand Breaks (DSBs). However, when key genes in the HR repair pathway are mutated or epigenetically inactivated, cells are unable to effectively repa...