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  1. The Crispr Babies Saga Shows the Need for Action, Not More Delays

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    ...report. A scientist working in China was using CRISPR/Cas9 in an attempt to create gene-edited babies. Several...valid critiques being offered of He’s work: CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing is not far enough along, scientifically...research published on December 13 shows us, CRISPR/Cas9 techniques are continually being refined; it is ...an embryo—even if it’s not necessarily via CRISPR/Cas9. This leaves us with the second critique. Absent...agreed-upon international moratorium on utilizing CRISPR/Cas9 in humans. This topic was to be revisited at meetings...emerging technology. We could do this for CRISPR/Cas9 – or any other germline editing technique—too. As...not “what is the translational pathway for CRISPR/Cas9 research” but whether or not we will stop shuffling...
  2. 3D Printing Meets CRISPR Cas9

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    ...shifts. This backbone model of Cas9 is based on Fuguo Jiang’s structure of Cas9 – primed for cleavage. This...Visit Our CRISPR Guide Page CRISPR/Cas9 History Browse All CRISPR Plasmids and Resources ...contacted us in 2014 to ask if we could make a model of Cas9 based on the structure published by Martin Jinek...other aspects of the structure. While this first Cas9 model is certainly useful, it is also wrong in at... at least one serious way. We represented the Cas9 protein in a surface format made of rock-hard, inflexible... the amazing conformational flexibility that the Cas9 protein must have in order to scan along the double-stranded...model of a protein. We now have another model of Cas9 – a flexible alpha-carbon backbone model made of...
  3. New Tools Enable CRISPRa for Neuroscience Applications

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    ...comprehensive CRISPR guide Find CRISPR plasmids and resources Find CRISPRa plasmids ...summarize, CRISPRa uses a nuclease-dead variant of Cas9 (dCas9) and engineered combinations of transcriptional...with neuron-specific expression of dCas9-VPR (Figure 2), a popular Cas9 activator developed by the Church...genes can be relatively laborious because multiple plasmids/viruses are needed to deliver all the protein ...limited to in vitro settings due to the large size of Cas9 activators, which largely precludes delivery by ...mouse expresses a modified version of the “Suntag” Cas9 activator that recruits up to twenty copies of the...construct for generating the SPH mouse. (B) AAV plasmids used to express CRE under neuron-specific promoters...
  4. Video Library

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    ...Storing and Handling Addgene Plasmids What to do after you receive your plasmids from Addgene Instructions...Protocol Diagnostic Restriction Digest Verify a plasmid using restriction enzymes Diagnostic Restriction...Instructions for Storing and Handling Plasmids Genomic Deletions with CRISPR Generate genomic deletions in mammalian...mammalian cells lines using CRISPR/Cas9 Genomic Deletions with CRISPR Protocol Over-Agar Antibiotic Plating...Transformations We walk you through a standard plasmid transformation protocol and offer some tips and...Center How to Deposit Your guide to depositing plasmids with Addgene Depositing Page Career Videos Get...
  5. New Optimized Genome-wide CRISPRko, CRISPRi, and CRISPRa Libraries

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    ...combining specific sgRNAs with Cas9 or Cas9 derivatives. Unmodified Cas9 causes double stranded DNA breaks... loss of function while nuclease-deactivated Cas9 (dCas9) can be tethered to a repressor (CRISPRi) or ... issues. CRISPRi libraries utilize an engineered Cas9, which contains multiple point mutations in the ...resistance in A375 cells. The SAM system (CRISPR/Cas9 Synergistic Activation Mediator) uses an improved...improved activator design that consists of inactive Cas9-VP64, a sgRNA with two MS2 RNA aptamers, and the  ...Rational design of highly active sgRNAs for CRISPR-Cas9–mediated gene inactivation." Nature biotechnology...activity and minimize off-target effects of CRISPR-Cas9." Nature biotechnology 34.2 (2016): 184. PubMed ...
  6. Hot Plasmids February 2024

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    ...of the new plasmids, antibodies, and viral preps in the repository through our Hot Plasmids articles.  ...all applications. Addgene’s plasmid collection includes over 10,000 plasmids with a FLAG tag (!), but did...peptide” that facilitates endosomal escape. Combining Cas9-PAGE with lentiviral sgRNA expression yielded editing...lines and primary cells. Although cell entry of a Cas9 ribonucleoprotein (RNP) was limited (likely due ...multiplexed guides. Figure 1: A) Cell-penetrating Cas9, fused to HIV TAT, Myc and SV40 Nuclear Localization...Localization Signals, and GFP. B) Workflow to assess Cas9-PAGE editing with viral sgRNA targeting mCherry reporter... al. 2023 with permission.   Find Cas-PAGE plasmids here!   Zhang, Z., et al. (2023). Efficient engineering...
  7. Using Addgene's New Viral Service for Your Research

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    ...preps for the delivery of Cas9 endonuclease, Cas9 nickase, Cas9 activators, Cas9 repressors, select gRNAs...accelerate your research.   Why distribute virus? Plasmid distribution is booming, but, over the years, many...list of what’s available or suggest additional plasmids with the Viral Service Suggestion Form. Lentivirus...
  8. CRISPR 101: Cytosine and Adenine Base Editors

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    ...off-target editing based on Cas9 off-target activity.  Find CRISPR base editing plasmids at Addgene Improving..., a base editor containing high fidelity Cas9 variant HF-Cas9 (Rees et al., 2017). HF-BE3 showed 37-fold...other methods. In a head-to-head comparison with Cas9, Cas9 modified 9/12 known off-targets with a 14% indel...individual Cas9. They also mutagenized the cytidine deaminase portion of the base editor to create SpCas9 base...et al., 2020 SpRY Cas9, available fused to ABEmax(7.10) or to BE4max   Evolved SpCas9 with NRN or NYN PAM... 1.1%. These numbers are a vast improvement over Cas9-mediated HDR for the loci tested, where average ...using a cytidine deaminase from sea lamprey fused to Cas9 nickase (Nishida et al., 2016). Target-AID acts ...
  9. PITChing MMEJ as an Alternative Route for Gene Editing

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    ...This PITCh plasmic is cotransfected with a plasmid carrying Cas9, the PITCh-gRNA, and the locus-specifc gRNA...containing Cas9 and the PITCh-gRNA. Step 3: Contransfect the PITCh vector with the vector carrying Cas9 and ...CRISPR-Cas9 with the PITCh systems.” Nat Protoc. 11(1): 118-33. PMID: 26678082. Find the plasmids from ...Guide Pages Find CRISPR Plasmids for Your Experiments Deposit Your New Plasmid Tools with Us  ...Integration into Target Chromosomes). Using their PITCh plasmids, GFP knock-in cell lines can be created in about... knock-ins, some labs have used NHEJ for whole plasmid integration; however, since NHEJ is error-prone...cloning. An overview of PITCh. The PITCh plasmid contains a GFP-Puro cassette flanked by 5' and ...
  10. Hot Plasmids September 2018 - Optogenetics, RNA Localization, Fluorescent Protein, and Base-editing Tools

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    ...highlight a subset of the new plasmids in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These articles ...recent plasmid deposits and we hope they'll make it easier for you to find and use the plasmids you need...about a recent plasmid deposit please sign up here.   Listen this episode of Hot Plasmids! Light controls...Hahn's lab at the University of North Carolina (plasmids at Addgene). It consists of two domains, LOV2 ... the same number of fluorophores. You can find plasmids containing the cobalamin binding riboswitches ...reporter for rapid quantification of base-editing and Cas9 cleavage activity Article contributed by Angela ...the Reuben Harris lab has deposited a reporter plasmid that allows for rapid fluorescence-based quantification...
  11. The Advances Behind The World's First Personalized CRISPR Treatment

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    ... engineering Cas9 variants with a preference for specific PAMs. Though near-PAMless Cas9s can broadly ...editing was invented in David Liu’s lab by combining Cas9 DNA-targeting technology with a fused cytidine deaminase...effects in a variety of RNA transcripts independent of Cas9 targeting (Rees et al., 2019). The Liu lab characterized... and eight bases, close to the PAM recognized by Cas9. If no PAM is available nearby, a base editor may...Kleinstiver’s lab engineered new variants of S. pyogenes Cas9. While the wild-type enzyme requires a PAM sequence... models tested both the SpG and SpRY variants of Cas9. With many PAMs available, a large number of gRNAs...efficient editing. In these initial experiments, SpG Cas9 came out on top. Narrowing PAM preferences The Kleinstiver...
  12. Controlling for Off-target Effects with a New Genome-wide CRISPR Screen Design

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    ...effects of gRNA and Cas9 expression, they fail to account for the effects of Cas9-induced dsDNA breaks... either stably expressed Cas9 or that had been lentiviral infected with Cas9. Validating the Library The...Genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screens are a high-throughput systematic approach for identifying genes involved.... Unanswered questions about genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screen design Are non-targeting guides an appropriate...single-guide studies? Many strategies exist for reducing Cas9 off-target effects, but most studies have focused...previously identified essential genes while previous Cas9 and shRNA library screens only identified  60% of...screen. This toxicity was used a proxy for detecting Cas9 cutting. Safe targeting guides better control for...
  13. 3 Tips to Improve HDR Efficiency for CRISPR Editing in Human Cells

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    ...at the Rockefeller University in NYC. The CRISPR/Cas9 system is a versatile tool for precise gene editing...organisms and model systems. We have used CRISPR/Cas9 extensively for the purpose of making sequence-specific...induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). The CRISPR/Cas9 com­plex is very efficient at introducing double...Cas-blocking mutations After genome editing with CRISPR/Cas9 in human cells was described in 2013 (Cong et al...amounts of single cell clones. Furthermore, CRISPR/Cas9 editing is often bi-allelic, meaning that even if...systematically analyzed: introducing silent CRISPR/Cas9 blocking mutations in either the PAM (changing one...distance"  Even though we had controlled over-active Cas9 and repeated our experiments with blocking mutations...
  14. A Tour of Addgene's Most Popular Pooled Libraries

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    ...sgRNAs to guide Cas9 to targeted genes. In these applications, however, nuclease-dead Cas9 is fused to a...are a little different: each is a collection of plasmids that share the same backbone and differ only in...libraries In CRISPR knockout screening, sgRNAs guide Cas9 to cut targeted genes, creating mutations that prevent...hundreds more libraries to browse. Our Guide to Plasmid Pooled Libraries has tips on using these libraries.... All pooled libraries are available as pooled plasmid DNA. In addition, several libraries are offered...Addgene.org Browse all pooled libraries Guide to Plasmid Pooled Libraries CRISPR Library Amplification Protocol...
  15. Addgene @ Keystone: Thoughts on Precision Genome Engineering and Synbio

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    ...the CRISPR-Cas9 system. Mehmet Fatih Bolukbasi from Scot Wolfe's lab described a chimeric Cas9 that is improving...Resources & Plasmids Plan Your CRISPR Experiment Synthetic Biology Resources & Plasmids  ...followed by three of the biggest names in the CRISPR-Cas9 field – Jennifer Doudna, Feng Zhang, and Keith Joung...poster were impressed to see how the numbers of plasmid genome engineering tools – both deposited and distributed...expressed gratitude for the role Addgene plays in plasmid sharing to those who were anxious to hear about...
  16. CRISPR-based Genome Editing Systems For Editing in E. coli

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    ...pTargetF system consists of one plasmid that expresses the S. pyogenes Cas9, a temperature-sensitive replicon...beneficial for plasmid clearance. It is more convenient to update the spacer(20nt) on pEcgRNA plasmid as only.... pCutamp cures the plasmids by targeting the ampR promoter in all three plasmids. pCutamp is then removed... 13 plasmids with 14 rounds of transformation in 30 days. Figure 2: (A) MUCICAT plasmids for ...the pTargetF construct and then introduce both plasmids into the cell. The edit in the chromosome can ...the pMB1 replicon, resulting in cutting of the plasmid. At this point, subsequent introductions of pTargetF...), which we presume caused pTargetF to be cut by Cas9. This would result in the lack of recovered transformants...
  17. Typing CRISPR Systems

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    ...–C, with the beloved SpCas9 (from Streptococcus pyogenes) belonging in II-A. Cas9 was the first to be ...first time. The discovery and application of CRISPR-Cas9 kicked off over a decade of frenzied interest in...while Class 2 use single protein Cas effectors, like Cas9. The Cascade complex doesn’t usually carry out the...recently that researchers began building optimal plasmids to harness the power of Class 1 systems. Class...Lastly, type IV systems are most often found on plasmids. The many unique features of IV-A and IV-B have...led to the hypotheses that they are involved in plasmid competition or can hijack machinery from other ...type VI, each relying on a unique Cas effector — Cas9, Cas12, or Cas13. If you’d like to explore Class...
  18. CRISPR References and Information

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    ...sites for S. pyogenes Cas9, S. aureus Cas9, S. thermophilus Cas9, N. meningitidis Cas9, or Cas12a from your...vectors using ssDNA oligos p201G Cas9 ; p201B Cas9 ; p201H Cas9 ; p201N Cas9 ; pUC gRNA Shuttle PDF, 500 KB...CRISPR RNA array: Cas9 (pX260) or Cas9 D10A (pX334) ; tracrRNA: Cas9 (pX330) or Cas9 D10A (pX335) PDF,...KB Church gRNA design and cloning for Cas9 orthologs Cas9 plasmids PDF, 107 KB Chen and Wente Zebrafish...Addgene CRISPR Resources CRISPR Plasmids Addgene's collection of CRISPR plasmids. CRISPR Guide Addgene's guide...vitro transcription, injection gRNA core ; Cas9 ; optimized Cas9 PDF, 66.8 KB Fujii gRNA design and cloning... Injection and selection for Cas9-triggered homologous recombination Cas9-sgRNA target construct ; pMA122...
  19. Rett Syndrome: A History of Research and Therapeutic Outlooks

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    ...their MECP2-related plasmid tools with Addgene and share additional resources. Plasmid tools to facilitate...to partner with them to launch a Rett Syndrome Plasmid Collection and Resource Center for Rett Syndrome...MECP2 protein, showing mutations corrected by CRISPR/Cas9 in wild-type human iPSCs. Image modified from Le...Le et al., 2019. Gene editing via CRISPR/Cas9 and RNA-mediated correction of MECP2 mutant alleles,... Klaus Rajewsky’s group recently used the CRISPR/Cas9 system to both precisely insert the MECP2-R270X ...Joung, PhD, and Feng Zhang, PhD, is pursuing CRISPR/Cas9 technology for precise correction of Rett syndrome... Rett Syndrome in novel ways.  Addgene’s MECP2 Plasmid Collection and Resource Center will continue to...
  20. CRISPR in the Clinic

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    ...There can be no doubt that CRISPR/Cas9 technology has been a breakthrough for the genome-editing field...phenotype could be rescued by zygote co-injection of Cas9 and a single-guide RNA targeting the mutant allele... patient. The first human trial involving CRISPR Cas9 for these diseases was sponsored by Vertex Pharmaceuticals... is somewhat similar (Hussein et al). It employs Cas9 to cut at two sites within the viral genome to excise... of a Genetic Disease in Mouse Via Use of CRISPR/Cas9." Cell Stem Cell. 13, 659-662 (2013). Gerald Schwank...Schwank et al. "Functional Repair of CFTR by CRISPR/Cas9 in Intestinal Stem Cell Organoids of Cystic Fibrosis...Engineering the next-generation of CAR T-cells with CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing. Mol Cancer 21, 78 (2022). doi:10.1186...
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