Kiran Musunuru on the Newest TALEN Genome-Editing System
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...number of genes involved in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. We are knocking out genes that have...and find several mutations in the same gene or in multiple genes, all of which seem to contribute to a ... kit to CRISPR/Cas9? When would you choose one or the other?
Musunuru: The CRISPR/Cas9 system is easier...versions of 15 different disease-associated genes.
Addgene spoke to Musunuru about how the new kit works, ...possible, and how it compares to his CRISPR/Cas9 system.
Addgene: For people unfamiliar with this new TALEN...scenarios, you can either knock out a gene or knock in a mutation.
Addgene: How do you use this kit to target... paper, for example, we generated hepatocytes to examine the effect of a gene on cholesterol metabolism...