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Genomic atlas of the human plasma proteome

Sun, B.B. et al. Nature 558, 73–79 (2018)

An ingestible bacterial-electronic system to monitor gastrointestinal health

Mimee, M. et al. Science 360, 915–918 (2018)

Bystander CD8 + T cells are abundant and phenotypically distinct in human tumour infiltrates

Simoni, Y. et al. Nature 557, 575–579 (2018)

Ultrafast neuronal imaging of dopamine dynamics with designed genetically encoded sensors

Patriarchi, T. et al. Science 10.1126/science.aat4422 (2018)

Expanded base editing in rice and wheat using a Cas9-adenosine deaminase fusion

Li, C. et al. Genome Biol. 19, 59 (2018)

Precision genome engineering through adenine base editing in plants

Kang, B.-C. et al. Nat. Plants 10.1038/s41477-018-0178-x (2018)