Pub Date : 2025-12-08DOI: 10.1038/s41592-025-02957-z
Lei Tang
Protein editors complement genome editing tools by enabling direct modifications to protein molecules.
蛋白质编辑器通过直接修改蛋白质分子来补充基因组编辑工具。
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Pub Date : 2025-12-08DOI: 10.1038/s41592-025-02951-5
Lin Tang
Virtual cells based on artificial intelligence models are on the horizon
基于人工智能模型的虚拟细胞即将出现
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Pub Date : 2025-12-08DOI: 10.1038/s41592-025-02955-1
Nina Vogt
Extracellular recordings provide a wealth of information about neuronal activity but it is difficult to link this information to cell types.
细胞外记录提供了大量关于神经元活动的信息,但很难将这些信息与细胞类型联系起来。
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Pub Date : 2025-12-08DOI: 10.1038/s41592-025-02941-7
Moritz Helmstaedter
Connectomics has so far outpaced the Moore’s law predictions about technological progress. At this pace, many whole-brain connectomes and connectomic screening will soon be realistic.
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Pub Date : 2025-12-08DOI: 10.1038/s41592-025-02956-0
Lei Tang
Experimental and computational advances have improved enhancer characterization and design.
实验和计算的进步改进了增强子的特性和设计。
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Pub Date : 2025-12-08DOI: 10.1038/s41592-025-02988-6
A large network of interconnected neurons serves as the basis of brain function and of behavior. Methodological advances have enabled the reconstruction of large-scale and even whole-brain connectomes of various organisms.
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Pub Date : 2025-12-08DOI: 10.1038/s41592-025-02958-y
Lin Tang
Artificial intelligence agents may have a transformative effect on how biological research is performed.
人工智能代理可能会对生物研究的进行方式产生变革性的影响。
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Pub Date : 2025-12-08DOI: 10.1038/s41592-025-02953-3
Madhura Mukhopadhyay
New technologies and computational approaches will illuminate the role of the cancer microbiome.
新技术和计算方法将阐明癌症微生物组的作用。
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Pub Date : 2025-12-08DOI: 10.1038/s41592-025-02906-w
Vivien Marx
Using electron microscopy, scientists mapped a Caenorhabditis elegans nervous system and Drosophila brain at single-neuron resolution. Connectomics work on bigger brains takes new methods strategies.
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