Functional ProTracer identifies patterns of cell proliferation in tissues and underlying regulatory mechanisms

Paper Products Abstract A genetic system, ProTracer, has been recently developed to record cell proliferation in vivo.However, the ProTracer is initiated by an infrequently used recombinase Dre, which limits its broad application for functional studies employing floxed gene alleles.Here we generated Cre-activated functional ProTracer (fProTracer) m

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Public opinion and the politics of the killer robots debate

The possibility that today’s drones could become tomorrow’s killer robots has attracted the attention of people around the world.Scientists and business leaders, from Stephen Hawking to Elon Musk, recently signed a letter urging the Steamer Handle world to ban autonomous weapons.Part of the argument against these systems is that they violate th

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