Discovery boosts leading gene-editing tool
18 June 2026 at 12:00
A University of Queensland breakthrough could soon be used to upgrade the world’s most prominent gene-editing technology to
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Biochemical, structural and cell biological analyses reveal that UAP56 (DDX39B) assembles with a TREX-2–like module that redirects non-functional polyadenylated RNAs from export to degradation.As temperatures rise, it is the poor who suffer most. The coping strategies of those living in informal settlements may hold lessons for cities of the future.

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Tropical forest expansion into previously unforested areas contributes substantially to carbon sequestration, offering an additional pathway for offsetting CO2 emissions and enhancing the resilience of future carbon dynamics.Nature, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10627-z
Single-cell mapping of cis-expression quantitative trait loci in inflammatory bowel disease revealed distal, enhancer-enriched variants detected at the cell-type level more frequently co-localize with genome-wide association study loci than those identified at the tissue level.Nature Geoscience, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41561-026-01991-6
The region beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet experienced rotational extension tectonics before the breakup of Gondwana, which shaped the lithosphere and later development of overlying ice, according to sub-ice topography and geophysical data.