David Liu

David Liu and Xiaowei Zhuang are two of 100 new members elected to the NAM this year Today, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) announced the election of 100 new members. Professors David R. Liu and Xiaowei Zhuang, two faculty members in the Department...

An engineered bacterial toxin is a key part of a gene editor that can make single-base changes in human mitochondria By Karen Zusi The genome in mitochondria — the cell’s energy-producing organelles — is involved in disease and key biological functions...

BE-Hive, a new machine learning model, predicts which base editor performs best to repair thousands of disease-causing mutations By Caitlin McDermott-Murphy Gene editing technology is getting better and growing faster than ever before. New and improved...

In a first, researchers use base editing to correct recessive genetic deafness and restore partial hearing By Caitlin McDermott-Murphy When Wei-Hsi (Ariel) Yeh was a young undergraduate student, one of her close friends went from normal hearing to...

New CRISPR base editors make fewer off-target edits and can access more locations on the genome than earlier versions By Caitlin McDermott-Murphy CRISPR-based gene editing has potential therapeutic benefits but also some technical shortcomings. One set of...

Prime editing system offers wide range of versatility in human cells, correcting disease-causing genetic variations By Karen Zusi A team from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has developed a new CRISPR genome-editing approach that has the potential...

CCB grad polishes gene editing, wins half-marathons, and tries her best not to knock anything over By Caitlin McDermott-Murphy Holly Rees thought she was too clumsy to be a chemist. During an important college exam, she spilled copper sulfate all over her...

Accolades, innovations, and world-firsts Often, small successes—even major accomplishments—stay hidden in the Lab. So, when we root out these diamond-like innovations, we try to spread the news to you, our audience. Based on skyrocketing pageviews, you...

Firm will use new base editing technology to make precision genetic medicines BY Caroline Perry Office of Technology Development Published in the Harvard Gazette Harvard University has granted a worldwide license to Beam Therapeutics Inc. to develop and...

A C&EN Magazine profile on David R. Liu touts the chemist's recent breakthroughs and great future promise Read the full article Illustration Credit: Will Ludwig/C&EN/Casey Atkins