How air pollution causes lung cancer — without harming DNA

Nature, Published online: 05 April 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00989-z

Studies in mice suggest that tumour growth is triggered by inflammation caused by tiny particles, rather than genetic mutations.

Why CRISPR babies are still too risky — embryo studies highlight challenges

Nature, Published online: 10 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00756-0

While society grapples with the social and ethical implications of heritable genome editing, technical obstacles still abound.

The mice with two dads: scientists create eggs from male cells

Nature, Published online: 09 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00717-7

Proof-of-concept mouse experiment will have a long road before use in humans is possible.

Beyond CRISPR babies: How human genome editing is moving on after scandal

Nature, Published online: 02 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00625-w

Researchers will discuss advances in genome-editing technologies — and the ethics of deploying them — at a major international summit.

Sex, food or water? How mice decide

Nature, Published online: 23 February 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00521-3

Neurons that regulate a mouse’s response to hunger and thirst also influence social interactions with the opposite sex.

Researchers scramble as Twitter plans to end free data access

Nature, Published online: 14 February 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00460-z

A controversial policy change threatens to upend large social-media studies.

How fingerprints get their one-of-a-kind swirls

Nature, Published online: 09 February 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00357-x

The intricate patterns are created during fetal development when fine ridges on the skin form and crash into each other.

Dogma-defying bacteria package DNA in unusual ways

Nature, Published online: 03 February 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00334-4

Some bacteria appear to encase their genomes in proteins called histones — which weren’t thought to exist in bacterial cells.

A crash course in biotech success — and failure

Nature, Published online: 30 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00221-y

The unlikely discovery of a life-changing leukaemia drug uncovers harsh realities of profit and loss.

CRISPR voles can’t detect ‘love hormone’ oxytocin — but still mate for life

Nature, Published online: 27 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00197-9

Prairie voles lacking oxytocin receptors bonded with mates and cared for pups.

The race to supercharge cancer-fighting T cells

Nature, Published online: 25 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00177-z

With a slew of tools to trick out immune cells, researchers are expanding the repertoire of CAR-T therapies.