Nanoblades: Tiny CRISPR Ninjas for Genome Editing Difficult Cells
Type
Blog Post
Published
Sept. 26, 2019, 12:50 p.m.
...alternative method for generating transgenic mice strains and for non-invasive in vivo gene editing.
The bottom...repression, transgenic mouse line creation, and in vivo gene editing of mice, with the potential to be used for...
Primary cells are often refractory to gene delivery methods, but the researchers was able to edit hiPSCs... stimulation, respectively.
Primary cell type
Gene targeted by guide
Editing efficiency
hiPSCs
EMX1...cells when using a gRNA targeting the Fto gene, while editing was not detected in cells electroporated with... used Nanoblades to disrupt the tyrosinase (Tyr) gene in mouse zygotes, which results in albinism in mice....
Nanoblades can also be used to non-invasively gene edit the liver of adult mice. When mice were IV ...