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  1. Treating Muscular Dystrophy with CRISPR Gene Editing

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    Jan. 26, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...many distinct CRISPR therapies to match these different mutations. For each therapy, effectiveness and ...’s size makes it difficult to deliver via gene therapy, so researchers have set their sights on another...work with dystrophin exon skipping? For such a therapy to be successful, multiple requirements must be...minimal risk of off-target editing. In order for the therapy to persist over time, stem cell editing would be...in DMD, and it’s estimated that exon skipping therapies would be applicable to 80% of DMD patients. ...characterizes additional, unique facets of CRISPR DMD therapy. Long et al. show that AAV-CRISPR does not cause...represent a great step forward for CRISPR gene therapy, it’s important to realize that DMD is a simpler...
  2. Building and Validating Recombinant Antibodies: A Case Study

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    April 5, 2022, 1:20 p.m.
    ... used to generate cDNA, which  was used as a template for PCR amplification with a degenerate primer set...limitation of hybridoma generated mAbs is that if the frozen cell line becomes non-recoverable, the stock of the... distributed by Addgene.  The plasmids used to generate these antibodies were based off of a large collection... they were also able to isolate RNA from non-recoverable hybridoma stocks, without having to grow up the... the cells. This RNA could then be used to generate functional recombinant monoclonal antibody (R-mAb)...manner. Cells were labeled with both a hybridoma generated mAb and the R-mAb, with the R-mAb being verified...encoding sequence within the plasmid backbone to generate R-mAbs of different subclasses, including subclasses...
  3. Q&A with Karen Katz and Carl Paratore, the Newest Members of the Addgene Board of Directors

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    Feb. 19, 2019, 1:36 p.m.
    ...Brookline Interactive. Learn more about Carl Paratore, MBA, CPA Mr. Paratore serves as the General Auditor...Suffolk University Law School and Paratore is the General Auditor at Tufts Health Plan. The addition of Katz...perspective, what do you think are important considerations for the future of open science? What about ...University Law School. Suffolk University graduates on average 20 PhD’s a year and we have a very dominant presence...presence in the biotech sector in both patent law and general life science regulatory law. My role at Suffolk...work at Tufts Health Plan and my role there is general auditor. I oversee a department of 20 individuals...the efficiency and effectiveness of the Plan's operations. We’re looking for those “what could go wrong...
  4. Opto-Nanobodies: Using Light to Manipulate Cell Signaling and Protein Purification

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    Nov. 19, 2019, 2:08 p.m.
    ...induced binding. The lab used this general design scheme to generate two more OptoNBs, one against mCherry...loop 1 always generated OptoNBs with dark-induced binding, but insertion into loop 6 generated both blue ...purification. After binding YFP to the column, you wash several times to remove non-specific proteins, and then...on the key components of OptoNBs, how they are generated, and their use for protein purification and controlling...chain antibody domain.  How do these components interact? When fused together to form an OptoNB, the AsLOV2...nanobody’s ability to bind its target protein.  Generating OptoNBs The opening and closing of the AsLOV2...over-activated in cancer due to its involved in cell proliferation and differentiation.  Since Ras is a membrane...
  5. Rabies and Neuronal Tracing

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    May 29, 2018, 1:51 p.m.
    ...virus. In general, viral envelopes dictate infection of target cells through their interactions with target... between neurons are what define how the brain operates, and thus, are a major part of the answer to many...individual neurons they infect. However, they generally are not transmitted to adjacent neurons via synapses...monosynaptic tracing was used to examine how adult-generated neurons integrated into the brain over time (Deshpande...This study addressed the question of how newly generated neurons integrate into the complex pre-existing...the functions of these two neuronal populations. Overall, this study laid the foundation for how different...the brain receive inputs and compute outputs. In general, RABV monosynaptic tracing is a powerful tool that...
  6. Mouse Modeling, Part 1: Genetically Engineered Mice

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    July 11, 2019, 1:26 p.m.
    ...familiar with before working with mouse models, several common techniques used to create engineered mouse...are then injected into a blastocyst. There are several types of genetically engineered mice: transgenic...gene construct inserted at a specific site. To generate a transgenic mouse, microinjection of DNA or infection...mouse genome. In contrast, knockin strains are generated via homologous recombination. A targeting vector...CRISPR/Cas9-based systems have been developed for generating knockin mice but because CRISPR/Cas9 engineering...However, CRISPR/Cas9 systems are more useful for generating knockout mice. Knockout mice Knockout mice have...during the embryonic stem cell stage using one of several techniques. The longest standing technique is the...
  7. Tips for Technical Support Calls

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    Sept. 20, 2016, 2:39 p.m.
    ...made much easier if the interaction between agent and customer is cooperative rather than combatitive.... daydreamed about the ideal customer service interaction - one that gives our customers the most utility...apply to any biology-related customer support interaction. Before contacting customer service In an age...that for you” meme is infamous enough to have generated it’s own tongue-in-cheek website.  If you are ...catalog number ready. I've attempted to answer several emails that start: “Hi! We ordered something from...concern. Please be courteous. We understand how exasperating it can be to lose time and money on a potentially...re going to get. There are questions that are answerable in minutes and questions that could take weeks...
  8. Hot Plasmids: Winter 2025

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    March 11, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...indicator ONE-GO biosensors kit Antibodies for neurodegeneration research   Optimized prime editing in dicots...PE efficiency barrier in tomatoes" by combining several approaches (Vu et al., 2024). Their optimized strategy...applicable to dicot species. In addition, they generated offspring tomato plants that inherited the genomic...single-molecule fluorescence techniques. After generating a series of single- and double-tagged constructs...kinesins KIF5A and KIF5B as well as backbones for generating other SNAPf-, CLIPf-, and CLAP-tagged proteins... a YFP-tagged G protein and a NanoLuc® (Nluc) Luciferase-fused detector that specifically binds to active....01.028. New recombinant antibodies for neurodegeneration research   By Ashley Waldron We recently added...
  9. The AAVantages of AAV in CRISPR Screens

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    Feb. 4, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
    ...interrogate immune cells to improve immunotherapy in glioblastoma, and generate programmable screening platforms...vectors: The Rubik’s cube of human gene therapy. Molecular Therapy, 30(12), 3515–3541. https://doi.org/10.1016... vector for gene therapy of human diseases. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 9(1). https://doi.org... methods — in vivo, in vitro, and ex vivo. The general process of these screens is the same: Deliver ...interest (positive or negative selection). Next-generation sequencing (NGS) to identify genes of interest...your library for each experiment. Additional considerations One of the downsides to using AAV is the limited...Cas12a (Cpf1). Even more creative options involve generating strains of mice that stably express Cas effectors...
  10. CrispyCrunch: High-throughput Design and Analysis of CRISPR+HDR Experiments

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    Feb. 7, 2019, 2:16 p.m.
    ... strongest interaction between the guide and the target and 0 being the weakest interaction due to mismatches...such that weak interactions (e.g., scores <20) are reduced to 0 and strong interactions (e.g., scores ... Zuckerberg Initiative. We hereby announce the general availability of new a tool for CRISPR scientists...project is funded by CZI and the CZ Biohub for the acceleration of science. It's open-source. You can see all...analyses, but it also allows you to download any generated info for your own purposes, or delete the originals...that it can be used in the rank equation above. Generally, the greater this distance between the cut and...sequence inserted by HDR. Although this practice is generally advised, there is little detail published on how...
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