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59th Drosophila Research Conference Recap

59th Drosophila Research Conference Recap

My colleague, Tamy Portillo Rodriguez, and I attended the 59th Annual Drosophila Research Conference – a fantastic meeting of scientists exploring many different fields of biology using the fly – in Philadelphia earlier this month. The conference (in some...
CRISPR genome editing to make an NGLY1 fly

CRISPR genome editing to make an NGLY1 fly

N-glycanase 1 deficiency, or “NGLY1,” is a rare genetic disorder arising from mutations in the ngly1 gene.  The disease was recently diagnosed in what was a remarkable partnering of patient advocates and scientists who used DNA sequencing to trace the disease-causing...
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