Nature News highlights: 3 August 2017

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03 August 2017       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.             World Congress on Animal Models in Drug Discovery and Development  Charles River has proudly partnered with the EBD Group to provide the scientific program for this year's BioPharm America Conference™. Be a part of this two-day conference that aims to bridge the gap between drug discovery and clinical application.   Register now>>           • Latest News               CRISPR fixes disease gene in viable human embryos ▶ 02 August 2017     Gene-editing experiment pushes scientific and ethical boundaries. Read More ▶             The race to reveal antimatter's secrets ▶ 02 August 2017     In the shadow of the Large Hadron Collider, six teams are competing to answer one of the Universe's deepest existential questions. Read More ▶             Nocturnal pollinators go dark under street lamps ▶ 02 August 2017     Plants illuminated by artificial lights see a drop in the number of insects that move pollen at night. Read More ▶               • More Stories               Drug companies flock to supercharged T-cells in fight against autoimmune disease ▶ 02 August 2017     Researchers target suppressive cells to keep the body from attacking itself. Read More ▶             Exomoon candidate, fake peer review and a telescope problem ▶ 02 August 2017     The week in science: 28 July–3 August 2017. Read More ▶             Capitalize on African biodiversity ▶ 02 August 2017     Under-exploited plants offer untold medical and economic promise that should be pursued, urges Ameenah Gurib-Fakim. Read More ▶             Jordan stakes its future on science ▶ 02 August 2017     The country wants to use a focus on research to solve its problems and build diplomatic ties in the Middle East. Read More ▶             Iranian scientist to go on trial for espionage ▶ 02 August 2017     Academics call for release of Ahmadreza Djalali, a disaster-medicine researcher who has been held in a Tehran prison for more than a year. Read More ▶             Australian students report high rates of sexual harassment and assaults ▶ 01 August 2017     One in five say they were harassed on a university campus, according to first national study. Read More ▶             University says prominent Japanese cell biologist committed misconduct ▶ 01 August 2017     University of Tokyo investigated anonymous allegations of manipulated images in papers by Yoshinori Watanabe. Read More ▶             Fears rise for US climate report as Trump officials take reins ▶ 01 August 2017     Officials at the US Environmental Protection Agency are consulting global-warming sceptics as they weigh up a technical review. Read More ▶             Bacteria could be key to freeing South Pacific of mosquitoes ▶ 01 August 2017     Islands in the region could be rid of the biting insects within a decade. Read More ▶             Chimpanzees are first animal shown to develop telltale markers of Alzheimer's disease ▶ 01 August 2017     Analysis of chimp brains reveals protein plaques and tangles that signal brain disease in humans, but whether the animals can develop dementia is unclear. Read More ▶             An icy break up, Higgs history and a very messy eater ▶ 31 July 2017     July's sharpest science shots, selected by Nature's photo team. Read More ▶             Clues emerge in mystery of flickering quasars ▶ 28 July 2017     Some of the Universe's most luminous objects have disappeared much faster than expected. 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