Using state-of-the-art technology, researchers have identified several specific steps needed for CRISPR to become active and perform its gene editing function. These preclinical findings could lead to improved designs for CRISPR-based gene editing.

Tobacco policy and communications expert Jim Thrasher believes the decision goes well beyond the individual. In a new $2.8 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, the health promotion, education, and behavior professor will investigate how social influences – particularly those through social media – impact teens’ decisions to smoke and use e-cigarettes.