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  • A method inspired by cryptography maps neural activity to limb movement without requiring the simultaneous collection of neural activity in the motor cortex and of the corresponding physical actions.

    • Vikash Gilja
    News & Views
  • A humanized mouse model of X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency suggests that the safety of correcting the human IL2RG gene in haematopoietic stem cells depends on both gene-correction frequency and the conditioning regimen used before cell transplantation.

    • Shengdar Q. Tsai
    News & Views
  • Rare-earth-doped nanoprobes emitting short-wavelength infrared light enable the detection of metastatic lesions in multiple organs.

    • Miqin Zhang
    News & Views
  • Optical imaging of fluorescently labelled tissue illuminated by ultraviolet light does not require microscope slides and makes for a rapid alternative to conventional histology.

    • Daniel A. Orringer
    • Sandra Camelo-Piragua
    News & Views
  • Prolonged local delivery, via an injectable hydrogel, of a miRNA known to induce cardiomyocyte proliferation stimulates the recovery of mice from myocardial infarction.

    • Katie A. Mitzelfelt
    • Charles E. Murry
    News & Views
  • The expression of two DNA repair factors improves the recombination of single-stranded oligodeoxynucleotides with Cas9-induced double-strand breaks, facilitating precise and efficient gene editing.

    • Sanum Bashir
    • Ralf Kühn
    News & Views
  • The DNA mutation that causes Duchenne muscular dystrophy in mice can be corrected, with minimal off-target effects, by gold nanoparticles carrying the CRISPR components.

    • Zachary Glass
    • Yamin Li
    • Qiaobing Xu
    News & Views
  • The early stages of the formation of calcific nodules in the aortic valve can be detected by two-photon excited fluorescence microscopy.

    • Jack P. M. Andrews
    • Marc R. Dweck
    News & Views
  • A theoretical model of chromatin packing heterogeneity predicts patterns in gene expression and can be used to screen for effective chemotherapeutic adjuvants.

    • Alexandra Zidovska
    News & Views
  • This Review discusses the role of glia as an effector of the performance and integration of devices implanted in the brain, and the implications of this for device development.

    • Joseph W. Salatino
    • Kip A. Ludwig
    • Erin K. Purcell
    Review Article
  • The genetic, epigenetic and transcriptomic profiles of human induced pluripotent stem cells are shaped by the reprogramming route.

    • Thomas F. Allison
    • William E. Lowry
    News & Views
  • Light-sheet microscopy reveals 3D tumour heterogeneity in optically cleared paraffin-embedded tumour samples.

    • Boyan K. Garvalov
    • Ali Ertürk
    News & Views
  • Flexible piezoelectric sensors can detect mechanical deformations in the gastrointestinal tract of ambulating pigs and simultaneously harvest energy from it.

    • Ghazaleh Haghiashtiani
    • Michael C. McAlpine
    News & Views
  • High-throughput screening of large libraries of cyclic peptides expressed in bacteria yields rescuers of the pathogenic misfolding of proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases.

    • Tobias Langenberg
    • Joost Schymkowitz
    • Frederic Rousseau
    News & Views
  • Devices made with resorbable polymers and braided materials can accommodate tissue growth in long-bone and heart-valve animal models.

    • Scott J. Hollister
    News & Views
  • This Perspective discusses recent technological developments in flow cytometry and DNA sequencing that enable the interrogation of T-cell specificities in infection, cancer and autoimmunity to inform disease development and treatment.

    • Sine Reker Hadrup
    • Evan W. Newell
    Perspective
  • A dendrimer that depletes bioavailable copper as a result of its internal make-up displays powerful anticancer activity in mice, and no observable adverse effects.

    • Zhenbin Lyu
    • Ling Peng
    News & Views
  • Laser light emitted by fluorescently stained human tissue inside a laser cavity can be used to diagnose cancer.

    • Matjaž Humar
    News & Views
  • Microchips embedding a magnetic sensor and a radiofrequency transmitter can be localized in the body of a mouse at submillimetre resolution when under a magnetic field.

    • Yong Lin Kong
    • Giovanni Traverso
    News & Views