David Liu

Messenger RNA (mRNA) made its big leap into the public limelight during the pandemic, thanks to its cornerstone role in several COVID-19 vaccines. But mRNAs, which are genetic sequences that instruct the body to produce proteins, are also being developed...

Samagya Banskota, former postdoctoral researcher in the David Liu Lab, has been recognized as one of the world’s top innovators under 35 by MIT Technology Review. Banskota was celebrated for her work co-inventing a new drug-delivery system using...

A team of researchers has developed a new drug delivery system using engineered virus-like particles (eVLPS) by Yahya Chaudhry A team of researchers led by Harvard and Broad Institute scientists has developed a new drug delivery system using engineered...

A team of researchers has developed twin prime editing, a new, CRISPR-based gene-editing strategy. By Yahya Chaudhry A team of researchers led by Harvard and Broad Institute scientists has developed twin prime editing, a new, CRISPR-based gene-editing...

Liu is recognized, in part, for inventing base editors, which can edit the genomes of living cells with unprecedented precision On April 26, 2021, the National Academy of Sciences announced the election of 120 new members, including David R. Liu, a...

Researchers prove they can engineer proteins called proteases to find new targets with high selectivity, a critical advance toward potential new treatments for everything from neuro-regeneration to cytokine storm By Caitlin McDermott-Murphy When people...

Progeria study finds base-editing therapy more than doubles the lifespan of mice By Caitlin McDermott-Murphy Luke Koblan sat at his desk, staring at some data. Excited but baffled, the grad student thought, there’s no way those numbers could be right. He...

Correcting the mutation that causes progeria with base editing leads to strong symptom reduction and longer lifespan in an animal model By Karen Zusi, Broad Institute A team led by researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, the National...

For many, replacing 2020 with 2021 on calendars, to-do lists, and personal checks (and in our minds) comes with a sigh of relief—however short-lived. But, despite the year's massive (and necessary) influx of research and stories on COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2...

The pioneer of laboratory evolution and precision-editing of genetic code earns the title of AAAS Fellow On Tuesday, November 24, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) announced this year's newly elected members. David R. Liu, the...