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Weekly reads: gene therapy nod, Nature pub ethics, CRISPR LDL

Totipotency literally means all powerful, but it refers in biology to specific cells. These cells can make every type of cell in the body of an organism plus the extraembryonic tissues needed for development. This includes humans. So if you could reprogram human cells like blood or skin cells into totipotent stem cells, you might in theory be able to …
Multipotent & totipotent vs pluripotent stem cells, very early human embryos totipotent stem cells

How to email a professor effectively

How to email a professor
How to email a professor without making a mistake that causes problems or makes a bad impression? What do we professors expect of such emails? I sometimes forget that what seems simple to me now, like how to even start an email to a professor, can feel very different to students and other trainees. Even intimidating. Thinking back on my …