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  1. CRISPR 101 eBook...en español

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    Jan. 18, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...libro electrónico CRISPR 101 ya está disponible en español! Esta traducción fue regalada a Addgene por Daniel...Sánchez, ¡y no podríamos estar más emocionados! Después de recibir la traducción, Addgene contrató a una...
  2. Enhancing CRISPR Targeting Specificity with eSpCas9, SpCas9-HF1, & HypaCas9

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    Dec. 16, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...of the Cas9 nuclease with engineered variants: eSpCas9, SpCas9-HF1, & HypaCas9. The off-target problem... sometimes even increase off-target effects, respectively. Recognizing these issues, researchers from ...the Cas9 nuclease itself. Design and testing of eSpCas9 Looking at the structure of the Cas9 nuclease (...testing of two of the mutants, SpCas9(K855A) and eSpCas9(1.1), followed by a technique for detecting genome-wide...precise mutations were different than those found in eSpCas9, the effect on specificity was similar; SpCas9-...important for nuclease specificity. They found that eSpCas9(1.1) and SpCas9-HF1 each stall in an inactive form...activity across the sites tested when compared to eSpCas9(1.1) and SpCas9-HF1. The HypaCas9 plasmids are ...
  3. Antibody Neutralization Response Against Pseudoviruses Expressing SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Variants

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    June 22, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ... and the development of neutralizing antibody responses in patients. They were able to tweak this assay...effective or not. This protein both elicits an immune response as the target of vaccines and allows the virus....1.351 variant was very resistant to vaccine serum responses. This result was similar to studies that used ...context, what we showed was that the antibody responses are really not sufficient after one vaccine to...second vaccine dose in mounting a robust immune response. The Balazs lab was quick to deposit their plasmids...
  4. Magnetic Control of Proteins: More than a Dream

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    Sept. 24, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...fluorescent proteins respond to magnetic fields?” and “What are magnetoresponsive fluorescent proteins...developing a new fluorescent protein tool that responds strongly to magnetic fields (Frank Hayward et ...the tool, and develop new applications for magnetoresponsive proteins. Motivated by curiosity Although...Maria dreamed about the possibilities of a magnetoresponsive fluorescent protein. Controlling an optogenetic...variety of research on whether and how organisms respond to magnetic fields (Karki et al., 2021; Kattnig...encouraged by previous reports that described magnetic responses of cryptochrome proteins or organic fluorophores...conditions. So, they decided to search for a magnetic response among other proteins that might serve as a starting...
  5. All in a Twist: dsRNA

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    Feb. 2, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ... The foreign dsRNA activates the innate immune response machinery of the host. This pathway has been ...into a healthy individual to provoke an immune response and then, hopefully, immunity to that virus. This...balancing antiviral benefits with the inflammatory response associated with the introduction of dsRNA. Synthetic...multiple receptors in place to sense dsRNA and respond accordingly. While not perfect, these sensing systems...distinguish between RNA of cellular vs. viral origin and respond appropriately. When these sensing systems fail,... cellular consequences arise. dsRNA An immune response is activated if and when dsRNA levels reach a ...thus do not typically activate an inflammatory response. However, if dsRNA sensors are mutated or mechanisms...
  6. Synthetic Photobiology: Optogenetics for E. coli

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    Sept. 8, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...kinase that phosphorylates a response regulator (RR). TCS-induced responses are varied; one outcome is ...system to respond. In far-red light or dark conditions, the chromophore activates the response regulator...far-red/red light-responsive system is spread across three plasmids, with the response regulator encoded...Tabor have been working on making E. coli light responsive since 2005, when Tabor was working in Voigt's...gene expression controls. Most cell types do not respond to low-intensity light, so off-target effects should... should be limited. Phytochromes are light-responsive systems found in some bacteria, but not E. coli....and an obligate chromophore allows the system to respond to various light inputs. In far-red light or dark...
  7. Google Forums Round Up: First Impressions of NgAgo

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    Aug. 4, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Try NgAgo for Yourself On the other hand, the widespread success of CRISPR-Cas9 across multiple model ... questions about the NgAgo protocols used by respondents (transfection method, amount of each component...of August 1, 2016, a total of 165 researchers responded to the survey. When asked if they could detect...indication of gene disruption ability) with NgAgo, one respondent out of 88 confirmed successful indel formation...formation at a target site. Also, 41 respondents attempted to use the technique for epitope tagging but only...favorite model system. The vast majority of the respondents (70%) used a lipofectamine-based method to deliver...Survey The take-home message While most of the respondents have been struggling to achieve genome editing...
  8. Antibodies 101: Fc Effector Functions

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    May 18, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...modulators, shaping the immune response by driving particular cells or responses. And there are still antibody...in helping antibodies drive an effective immune response against a pathogen. The Fc domain creates a link...the immune system, including the innate immune response, by binding to Fc receptors on other immune cells...! Need a quick review of the different immune responses? We got you! You can also review antibodies in...FcγRIIB1 and FcγRIIB, inhibit) specific immune responses. These receptors are specific to isotype class...different isotypes drive different types of immune responses. Handily, the receptors are named after the isotypes... Figure 1: Fc effector functions in an immune response to a viral infection a) antibody-dependent complement...
  9. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Monitoring Cell Mobility Using Fluorescent Proteins

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    Aug. 15, 2017, 1:24 p.m.
    ... to develop a spatiotemporal view of an immune response, but the study of these dynamics was still laborious...measurements of cellular motility, interactions, and response dynamics. In the past 15 years efforts have been...understand T cell initiation in the adaptive immune response. It was known that T cells were able to extravasate... monocytes patrol blood vessels during immune responses (Auffray et al. 2007, Finsterbusch et al. 2016...specificities have to be taken into consideration especially in the use of fluorescent proteins to track cellular...their degradation within labelled cells limits the timespan available for tracking certain cell types. Another...dendritic cells within the skin and lymph node respectively. The permanent labelling of cells using cre-...
  10. Cancer and the Immune System: Deciphering the Relationship

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    March 14, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...acute immune responses that eliminate early stage cancer cells, chronic inflammatory responses can augment...naturally interacts with tumors and cancer. The immune response to the development of tumors is a complicated ...and dynamic phenomenon that is interestingly responsible for tumor reduction as well as progression. Dunn...augment tumor growth. Indeed, lasting responses to viral infections have resulted in the onset of cancer. ...chemical activity, and consists of other cell types, especially immune cells and cells of epithelial origin. ...the reasons antibodies may result in a lack of response. Antibodies targeting the tumor-augmenting cytokines...placed upon it by its environment and the body’s response to it. Within the tumor, this results in frequent...
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