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  1. New Acoustic Reporter Genes: Ultrasound Imaging of Gene Expression

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    Jan. 24, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...first-generation bacterial ARGs (bARGs), used in bacteria, expressed poorly at body temperature (37oC)... transposase and outgrow the cells for a several generations to dilute the unintegrated plasmids (Fig....imaging was used. We set out to develop next-generation bARGs that could scatter ultrasound nonlinearly...Serratia sp. 39006. We next tested bARGSer with several inducible expression systems in E. coli. The arabinose-inducible...L-arabinose at 37oC for at least 12 hours, or at lower temperatures for longer. Cultures induced with arabinose ...  ARG expression in mammalian cells The first-generation mammalian ARGs (mARGs) enabled ultrasound visualization...in deep tissue. However, not unlike the first-generation bARGs, poor expression and acoustic properties...
  2. Antibodies 101: Immunoprecipitation

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    Dec. 7, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ... modifications, or study how a target protein interacts with other proteins or nucleic acids. Read on ...affinity for immunoglobulins, the strength of the interaction varies between antibody host species and isotypes...subsequent Western blot. When choosing beads, there are several factors to consider. Agarose beads are sponge-like... can cause loss of beads, break weak protein interactions, and limit high throughput procedures. However...cost-effective option.  Target protein/antibody interactions To prepare for an IP, samples are typically ...to preserve native protein conformations and interactions. For difficult to release proteins, including...preclear the sample to remove any proteins that may interact nonspecifically with the capture antibody or Protein...
  3. Healthcare Consulting: A Door to the Business of Life Sciences

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    Oct. 13, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...companies about the pricing and coverage of drugs, and developing internal operational capabilities. In just ...of combining targeted molecular therapies for cancer with chemotherapies, or developing innovative mobile...experts to work on “cases”. Cases present specific operational or commercial challenges or questions that clients...clinical research to discover and test the best new therapeutics. Consultants often work with such teams to help...human resources towards the development of a new therapy based on its market need and anticipated commercial...trained on how to work best with diverse teams, to leverage the preferences of different personality types... scientific background, training in reviewing literature, and critical analyses skills were applicable...
  4. Tips for CRISPR Gene Editing in Mice

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    June 28, 2016, 10:59 a.m.
    ...Wang et al., 2013, Cho et al., 2014). There are several variants of the CRISPR/Cas9 system floating around...efficacy in vitro, and using it in mouse embryos to generate gene modified mouse lines. Hopefully this post...to target that region. Or you may even wish to generate a point mutation and need to focus your attention...yourself for potential gRNA sites, or you can utilise several online tools that do it for you. One such option...selection, ordering the sgRNA is simple and easy. Several companies supply gRNA sequences, such as GenScript...validating your edit in mice once they have been generated (more on that later). Find Validated gRNAs to ... of EGFP. Using this technique, you can assess several sgRNA’s at the same time, and choose the most effective...
  5. "Build Your Plasmid": The Game - Play to Teach

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    July 17, 2018, 12:23 p.m.
    ...more hands on While teaching courses about gene therapy and genetic manipulation, I and other professors...absorbed if they don’t get a chance apply it in an interactive setting. The problem is…how can you make a “...similar types of thinking go into developing gene therapy strategies for various diseases. That’s when I ...-on”, but as much as I try being compelling, interactive, and application-driven to boost curiosity, I...skills to apply those concepts and understand how therapeutic strategies work. Find Addgene Blog posts about...pick the best strategy and propose a final gene therapy approach for the disease to be openly discussed... this way, the students also had to practice transferable skills like team building, collaborative critical...
  6. Viral Vectors 101: Viral Applications

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    April 13, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...gene therapy have also been in the limelight. The FDA approved the first oncolytic viral therapy in 2015... science research all the way to clinical gene therapy. But how can you use these amazing tools in your... how we understand what genes do! Viruses have several options to allow you to do exactly that: shRNAs...integration of a plasmid. Viral transduction is also generally less toxic to cells than transfections, preserving...libraries makes them the ideal vector for the job. Therapeutic applications Vaccine development Attenuated and...nucleic acid-based vaccines. These vectors provide several advantages over traditional vaccines, including...being exploited as delivery mechanisms for gene therapy. The tractability of AAV, low immunogenicity, and...
  7. March for Science

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    April 21, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...17). Federal funding for science has been decreasing for the last five years and the first federal budget...passion for photosynthetic communities, microbial interactions, and science education.  Disclaimer: The views... in education, government, and civilization in general (1). Science and politics? Science is an apolitical... human consumption in comparison to 37% of the general public (5, 6). Similarly 90% of active research...mostly due to human activity while much less of the general public agrees (5, 6). Many of the new administration...only be by advocating for science education and literacy that this changes.  2) Lumping all scientists ...marching to advocate for science education and literacy as I believe people that can see and understand...
  8. Gendered Innovations: Why Does Sex of the Cell Matter?

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    July 21, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...recipient interaction should be tested before being ruled out; there are many factors that interact with sex...strategic approaches to gender equality over the past several decades: “Fix the Numbers of Women” focuses on...wrong costs lives and money. According to the US General Accounting Office, between 1997 and 2000, ten drugs...analysis of the US Women’s Health Initiative Hormone Therapy Trial, for example, found that the study saved ...Reduced use of estrogen plus progestin hormone therapy resulted in 76,000 fewer cases of cardiovascular... find 263,000 more osteoporotic fractures. The overall economic savings to the US healthcare system was... cells and tissues, specifically in stem cell therapies. Let’s go back to why ten drugs were withdrawn...
  9. Hot Plasmids - October 2020

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    Oct. 13, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...researchers tested several scenarios from embryo development to myeloid proliferation in acute myeloid ... IL-3 to proliferate. The cells cultured with a low dose of IL-3 showed reduced proliferation and had ...particularly challenging as they are great in number, generally very small, and can contain different neurotransmitters...proteins coupled with Fibronectin intrabodies generated with mRNA display (FingRs), Xue Han’s lab has ...cell cycle attempt to understand development, regeneration, and certain disease states. However, it’s difficult...proportion of blue fluorescence, indicating cell proliferation. BaF3 cells maintained in media without IL-3...withdrawn became entirely red as they could not proliferate. Eastman et al. Cell Reports 2020. https://doi.org...
  10. A Look Back at One Year of Plasmid Sharing for COVID-19 Research

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    July 12, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...year and how these plasmids have been used to accelerate COVID-19 research in other labs. Spike protein... protein has had many opportunities to evolve. Several variants are now circulating and plasmids containing...from Alejandro Balazs’s lab includes those for generating pseudovirus and those encoding different spike...used these pseudoviruses to determine how effective sera from vaccinated individuals are at neutralizing ... the reverse transcriptase, protease, and Bst polymerase constructs from their assay to Addgene.  Drew...expressing MMLV reverse transcriptase and Taq polymerase that can be used in a one-step RT-qPCR reaction...SARS-CoV-2 researchers to investigate how the virus interacts with human cells. Addgene’s mammalian target plasmids...
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