PLOS Biology

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Published the PrimeStack study on October 13, 2026

For three decades, adding a gene to a crop meant random insertion and hoping it landed somewhere harmless. PrimeStack replaces that lottery. It writes multikilobase gene cassettes into predefined 'safe harbor' spots in the rice genome, at up to 45% efficiency—about seven times the prior best.

Updated Oct 30

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Published the titanide characterization study

An October 12 paper in PLOS Biology shows that the small end of Cryptococcus neoformans cell sizes matters as much as the giant titan cells that have defined its virulence for a decade. The fungus kills an estimated 180,000 people a year, most of them AIDS patients in sub-Saharan Africa.

Updated Oct 13

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As of October 2026: Published the study

Neurons in different brain regions don't process information on the same clock: sensory regions integrate input over fractions of a second, while association regions hold it longer. A study published September 29 in PLOS Biology shows this hierarchy of temporal windows develops during childhood and adolescence, then stabilizes in young adulthood.

Updated Oct 1

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As of September 2026: Published the original 2023 Menin study

Restoring a single protein in a small brain region reversed several signs of aging in mice. Researchers at Xiamen University found Menin levels in the hypothalamus fall with age, and that boosting them in 20-month-old mice extended lifespan, thickened skin, rebuilt bone, and improved learning and memory.

Updated Sep 18