Francesc Castro-Giner
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Francesc Castro-Giner
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Computational biologist at ETH Zürich | Cancer genomics | Metastasis | Single cell

ORCID: 0000-0001-6111-0754
Reposted by Francesc Castro-Giner
The CRISPR gene scissors are only of limited use to detect cancer-causing genes in animals because the method interferes with their immune system. Researchers, however, have now shown that a few tricks can be pulled to render the gene scissors invisible to immune cells.

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November 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Reposted by Francesc Castro-Giner
So pleased to have the paper out, available here: www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08423-8
For me this was discovery science as I had always hoped it would be. A lot of fun, and some proper detective work with plenty of twists & turns on the way. Brief thread below
January 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM