The TWiVsters review isolation of a naturally occurring DNA virus from fruit flies, and the cell-type specific function of a small transmembrane protein encoded in an open reading frame upstream of the enterovirus polyprotein.

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Genome-edited babies (Nature)
Second CRISPR pregnancy? (MIT Tech Rev)
Naturally occurring DNA virus of Drosophila (PLoS Path)
Upstream protein coding region in enterovirus genome
We missed it in 1988! (J Virol)
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