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Weekly reads: PRC2, 2 weird bits of news, pubs, COVID stem cell hype

I'd say the paper of the week is on how PRC2 mediated H3K27me3 can in some sense replace elements of DNA methylation to repress. Very cool. Here it is: Sex-specific chromatin remodelling safeguards transcription in germ cells, Nature. Weird stuff In a merger of opposites, City of Hope to buy Cancer Treatment Centers of America for $390 million, STAT News. This …
PRC2 lineage commitment

Xenobots, Zambonis, and cellular hype

Zamboni xenobots
A clever idea to try to use AI to make cellular machines has produced something being called xenobots. However, the research is getting overblown in some ways. What does this have to do with Zambonis? Read on. What are xenobots? A xenobot is supposed to be a cellular robot made from frog stem cells. The robot part seems kind of on the …