Coverage of @peterlylab.bsky.social's #relentlessdiscovery 🧪 originally published in @cellpress.bsky.social ⬇️
Children's Research Institute at UT Southwestern
New Online! DNA voyages through intercellular tunnels
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, Published online: 08 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41580-026-00987-9This study shows that genomic DNA in the cytoplasm can transfer between mammalian cells through nanotube-like structures, integrate into the genome of recipient cells and support gene expression.
