Genetic Transfer News Today

Scientists have discovered a gene-transfer mechanism in Prochlorococcus, the world’s most abundant photosynthetic organism, that may be key to its abundance and diversity. They have dubbed the agents that carry out this transfer “tycheposons.”

Stories in this eBook may serve to remind readers that AAV advances seldom occur in isolation. They draw on varied technological developments, some rarefied. More important, they point to varied possibilities, none more essential than the  development of life-saving treatments.