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Tong Wei

Academy of Military Medical SciencesPrimary ORCID profile (0000-0002-2692-7192 · 8 papers)Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Tong WeiiD8 papers · BGI Group (China)

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Genetics· 1 Microbiology· 1 Synthetic Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Aifang ChengiD· 1 shared Cheng ZhongiD· 1 shared Hanyang HuiD· 1 shared Hao LiiD· 1 shared Hongbin LiuiD· 1 shared Jiawei CheniD· 1 shared Jing An· 1 shared Kun ZhouiD· 1 shared

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2024-2025 · peak 2/yr

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β-Nicotinamide mononucleotide: a novel broad-spectrum CRISPR inhibitor

Tong Wei, Wei Shen, Wenjun Li, Yingjie Song, Yunzhi Fa, Jing An, Yansong Sun, Hao Li

This paper identifies β-nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) as a naturally occurring broad-spectrum CRISPR inhibitor that targets multiple Cas proteins, reducing off-target effects and improving safety in genome editing.

bioRxiv · Nov 22, 2025 · PreprintGenetics

Treating Myotonic Dystrophy with artificial RNA endonucleases to specifically degrade toxic RNA expansions

Tong Wei, Hanyang Hu, Xin Jiang, Yucheng Li, Wenjian Han, Yi Yang, Xiao Xiao, Miaowei Mao, Zefeng Wang

This paper develops artificial RNA endonucleases (ARCs) that specifically degrade toxic RNA expansions in DM1, showing efficacy in cells and mouse models with low immunogenicity and off-target effects.

bioRxiv · Jun 10, 2025 · PreprintSynthetic Biology

Marine biofilms: cyanobacteria factories for the global oceans

Cheng Zhong, Shun Yamanouchi, Yingdong Li, Jiawei Chen, Tong Wei, Ruojun Wang, Kun Zhou, Aifang Cheng, Weiduo Hao, Hongbin Liu, Kurt O. Konhauser, Wataru Iwasaki, Pei‐Yuan Qian

This study reveals marine biofilms as a major habitat for cyanobacteria, showing distinct diversity and functional adaptations compared to seawater, with diversification linked to key geological events.

mSystems · Oct 15, 2024Peer-reviewedMicrobiology