Rong

Senior Editor at @NatureBiotech. Views are my own

[Nature Biotechnology @NatureBiotech]

Single-cell spatial pharmacobiology identifies conserved stromal barriers to therapeutic antibody delivery in human solid tumors https://t.co/jBXl0za5ct

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The brief digital edition of @NatureBiotech’s May issue is live now! Check it out here: https://t.co/KZbRI5eaPA

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The May issue is live https://t.co/FP5m2RCLTL

On the cover, Zhang et al. describe an antibody-based therapy against drug-resistant S. aureus. The antibody conjugate selectively binds to the wall teichoic acid of the bacteria and enriches calcium on the cell envelope, induces bacterial death and boosts immunogenicity https://t.co/4GsulrS97l

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The brief digital edition of @NatureBiotech’s 30th anniversary issue is live now! Check it out here: https://t.co/CUwxyZGnPn

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The March issue is live https://t.co/LzL8GImLkT

On the cover, Chen et al. engineered TadA-derived mitochondrial DNA adenine base editors for efficient mtDNA A-to-G editing with expanded targeting scopes and minimal off-target effects. This robust editing approach led to the successful generation of mitochondrial disease models https://t.co/4ZLTvdCGbJ https://t.co/wLsk8AldeZ

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The brief digital edition of @NatureBiotech’s February issue is live now! Check it out here: https://t.co/XaXI7qxRey

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The February issue is live https://t.co/WuS0JH4dxV

On the cover, barcoding microbial ribosomal RNA creates a record of gene transfer events without requiring translation. Kalvapalle et al. designed catalytic RNAs to barcode host RNA upon gene transfer, allowing high-throughput sequencing to identify the community involved https://t.co/kthOXK0nGz

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The brief digital edition of @NatureBiotech’s first issue of 2026 is now live! Check it out here: https://t.co/cKUTHZnGB4

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The January issue is live https://t.co/xQ3WweXHeP

On the cover, Luebbert et al. present a method to detect viral sequences in bulk and single-cell transcriptomic data using conserved amino acid domains instead of annotated reference genomes https://t.co/Ww4nNijwso

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The dawn of in vivo immune cell engineering in oncology https://t.co/0mP1BQQ6EH

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Our @NatureBiotech editorial this month discusses how Treg cell biology research is driving therapeutic innovation in cancer immunotherapy, autoimmune diseases, and transplant rejection.

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Balancing immunity with Tregs https://t.co/now1eRWa4m

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The brief digital edition of @NatureBiotech December issue is live now! 🎉 Check it out here👉 https://t.co/tZpwtuNZgb

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The December issue is live https://t.co/qd4O18ID6y

The cover shows a representation of hybrid quantum computing for drug design. Ghazi Vakili et al. present a hybrid quantum–classical generative model to design molecules to inhibit KRAS activity. Two candidates are synthesized and further characterized https://t.co/ynEyJfsVlf

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New online in @NatureBiotech: Cancer immunotherapy benefits from antibody-lectin chimeras that block glyco-immune checkpoints.

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Antibody-lectin chimeras for glyco-immune checkpoint blockade https://t.co/Z7zw56BC72

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@biogerontology Yes and you can search for ‘NatBiotech’ on WeChat to find us.

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Our @NatureBiotech editorial team picks our favorite research articles from 2025. We’ve also posted a Chinese version here 👉 https://t.co/8SL3QTCfmB

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2025: research in review https://t.co/36ShziKQS4

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The brief digital edition of Nature Biotechnology November issue is live now! 🎉 Check it out here👉 https://t.co/fmgqts6Aaa @NatureBiotech

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The November issue is live https://t.co/8ScLDr86GY

On the cover, lipid nanoparticles targeting the lung, designed using neural networks. A method developed by Witten et al. identified two structures that efficiently delivered mRNA to ferret lungs https://t.co/niRPfwwMqt

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Looking forward to #SITC25 next week! Please get in touch if you’d like to discuss your upcoming submissions to Nature Biotechnology! @NatureBiotech

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Join us as we take a step back in time and celebrate all we have accomplished in immuno-oncology over the past 40 years! We will be remembering all our IO milestones as we lead up to our 40th Anniversary Annual Meeting! https://t.co/7tUO28mKyk

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New online in @NatureBiotech: The interactions of CAT-T cells and solid tumors are modeled on a chip.

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A tumor-on-a-chip for in vitro study of CAR-T cell immunotherapy in solid tumors https://t.co/4EjvE8JRAE

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The brief digital edition of our Nature Biotechnology October issue is live now! 🎉 Check it out here: https://t.co/LtWqQlAs2W @NatureBiotech

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The October issue is live https://t.co/uEGWhO2B55

The cover shows perturbations that convert stem-like, atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) cells into a more differentiated, neuron-like state https://t.co/KcjY604fNf

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The brief digital edition of our @NatureBiotech September issue is live now! Check it out here: https://t.co/B6GicDpVkc

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The September issue is live https://t.co/WDMHzXLsiM

On the cover, a system for high-precision mutation detection of mRNA in extracellular vesicles. Song et al. present SCOPE, a method that uses Cas13 to recognize and amplify target RNA for liquid biopsy applications https://t.co/ebZZKhABTc

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On our latest podcast, Barbara Cheifet talks with Zhenan Bao and John Rogers about the latest in electronic wearables and how they will complement and advance global health — from health monitoring in neonates to smart bandages for wounds https://t.co/h9Kz1yt0gh

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🚨New podcast alert🚨
On the latest episode of Forum, Barbara Cheifet speaks with Vasilis Ntziachristos and Junjie Yao about how photoacoustic imaging is moving towards translational applications such as diagnostics and disease monitoring https://t.co/Jq9xQuxBHw

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The brief digital edition of our @NatureBiotech August issue is live now! Check it out here: https://t.co/qx2xaOsQwq

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The August issue is live https://t.co/nfU9fYrtT5

The cover shows human pluripotent stem cell–derived embryoid bodies differentiating in vitro into hematopoietic stem cells and, after transplantation in mice, into blood cell lineages https://t.co/Lzv03o9iNj

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With this cross-journal Collection, the editors at @CommsEng, @NatureBiotech, @NatureComms & @SciReports invite manuscripts that highlight continual or real-time sensing systems of any form, primarily for arable farming or crop production. Submission deadline: 21 January 2026 https://t.co/c6MOLHCYjy