Justin Aikin
Researcher at the University of California, San Francisco working on in vivo genome-editing approaches to generate CAR T cells, describing methods combining CRISPR-Cas9 and delivery vectors in preclinical models.
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Mar 25, 2026 • 23min
Why insects aren't huge: a new challenge to a decades-old idea
Justin Aikin, a UCSF researcher advancing in vivo CRISPR CAR‑T approaches, and Ned Snelling, a comparative physiologist probing insect respiratory limits. They discuss why insects do not grow huge, measurements of tracheole scaling, debates over air sacs and convection, and the implications for ancient versus modern insect sizes. They also cover in vivo CAR‑T engineering strategies and early mouse results.
