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All-optical electrophysiology in mammalian neurons using engineered microbial rhodopsins

Hochbaum, D.R. et al. Nat. Methods doi:10.1038/nmeth.3000 (22 June 2014)

Aptamer-facilitated protection of oncolytic virus from neutralizing antibodies

Muharemagic, D. et al. Mol. Ther. Nucleic Acids 3, e167 (2014)

Wireless power transfer to deep-tissue microimplants

Ho, J.S. et al. PNAS 111, 7974–7979 (2014)

Incorporation of therapeutically modified bacteria into gut microbiota inhibits obesity

Chen, Z. et al. J. Clin. Invest. doi:10.1172/JCI72517 (24 June 2014)

Removing T-cell epitopes with computational protein design

King, C. et al. PNAS 111, 8577–8582 (2014)

Abnormalities in human pluripotent cells due to reprogramming mechanisms

Ma, H. et al. Nature 511, 177–183 (2014)