Nanoblades: Tiny CRISPR Ninjas for Genome Editing Difficult Cells
Type
Blog Post
Published
Sept. 26, 2019, 12:50 p.m.
...gain access to some cells and tissues, such as human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs). Nanoblades... into particles at the cell membrane. Mature Nanoblades then bud into the cell culture supernatant and... Addgene.
Genome editing primary cells with Nanoblades
Primary cells are often refractory to gene delivery...mouse bone marrow (BM) cells, primary human hepatocytes, and hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) using Nanoblades...-70% for these four cell types (Table 1). Additionally, hiPSCs and mouse BM cells still behaved like iPSCs...Primary cell type
Gene targeted by guide
Editing efficiency
hiPSCs
EMX1
67%
Mouse BM cells from GFP...mouse BM cells when using a gRNA targeting the Fto gene, while editing was not detected in cells electroporated...