Volume 570 Issue 7762

Editorials

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Whether the devices help people to quit, or increase health risks, will emerge only from better data.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01785-4

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doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01983-0

News

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A report shows that children living with adults who were forcibly separated from their families are more likely to face a host of challenges.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01948-3

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Lasers and quantum calculations help metrologists to update centuries-old mercury methods.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01950-9

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Researchers hope the conclusions of a people’s tribunal will pressure journals to reject papers that might include data from unethical transplants.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01890-4

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Nature's Amy Maxmen reports from the front line of the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01957-2

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At issue is whether growth factors are exempt from export restrictions; a judge will soon decide whether to continue to trial.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01901-4

News Features

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doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01985-y

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doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01986-x

News & Views

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doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01964-3

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Some bacteria naturally transfer pieces of their DNA within and between species. Such a piece of DNA has been engineered to act as a molecular ‘Trojan horse’ that unleashes a toxin to selectively kill antibiotic-resistant Vibrio cholerae bacteria.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01852-w

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doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01965-2

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A module for implementing robust feedback control in synthetic cellular networks has been reported. Its design is first proved mathematically to be universal for all networks, and then implemented in living cells.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01772-9

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Tests of whether a range of gut bacteria can metabolize a diverse group of drugs has revealed that all the microbes metabolized some drugs and that more than half of the drugs were metabolized.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01851-x

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