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A homing system targets therapeutic T cells to brain cancer

Samaha, H. et al. Nature 10.1038/s41586-018-0499-y (2018)

RNA velocity of single cells

Manno, G. et al. Nature 560, 494–498 (2018)

The chimeric TAC receptor co-opts the T cell receptor yielding robust anti-tumor activity without toxicity

Helsen, C.W. et al. Nat. Commun. 9, 3049 (2018)

Post-antibiotic gut mucosal microbiome reconstitution is impaired by probiotics and improved by autologous FMT

Suez, J. et al. Cell 174, 1406–1423 (2018)

Personalized gut mucosal colonization resistance to empiric probiotics is associated with unique host and microbiome features

Zmora, N. et al. Cell 174, 1388–1405 (2018)