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  1. Treating Muscular Dystrophy with CRISPR Gene Editing

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    Jan. 26, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ... apply it in a clinical setting. CRISPR is often used for animal germline modification, to repair or add... important proof of concept for future preclinical and clinical work. Find Plasmids for Disease Research...exon skipping is a good option for DMD treatment. Clinical trials have used oligonucleotide exon skipping...estimated that exon skipping therapies would be applicable to 80% of DMD patients. Figure 1: Exon...that AAV-CRISPR does not cause obvious germline modification, an important finding given the controversy ...six months. Future directions and obstacles to clinical CRISPR editing Given the success of the CRISPR-mediated...researchers are very excited. This approach may also be applicable to a number of rare genetic diseases caused by...
  2. Transferable Skills Guide: Problem Solving

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    Nov. 30, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...these types of bigger picture problems systematically and logically is as useful for finishing your thesis... but this skill is not just about reacting to technical issues. This skill also comes into play while ...defining problem solving skills as: One’s ability to logically think through a problem/task/situation, come up...Problem-solving overlaps heavily with other skills such as critical thinking, decision making, creativity, or data...might even be expected to write up a report to communicate your findings to your colleagues. So perhaps ... really are, while also practicing systematic, logical thinking.  If you are already a lab veteran at ... to troubleshoot; you probably did not just automatically come to a solution. Consider the thoughts that...
  3. Plasmid Tools for Microbiome Studies

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    June 27, 2019, 12:25 p.m.
    ...detect mRNA from 10 bacteria of clinical significance and four clinically relevant host biomarkers. The ...microbiome with sequencing is vast, the ability to genetically alter microbiome members is limited and many ...at Columbia University developed a method for genetically altering gut microbiome members in their native...modular suite of plasmids (pGT) with various replicative origins that can be used for broad or narrow ... analyze gut microbiota and host biomarkers In clinical and diagnostic labs, deep sequencing and qPCR ...The lab validated their platform on clinical stool samples by comparison to qPCR and demonstrated that it...Central PMCID: PMC5963681.  Meyer, Richard. "Replication and conjugative mobilization of broad host-range...
  4. The Breast Cancer Microenvironment: A Tumor’s Backstage Team

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    Jan. 31, 2019, 1:32 p.m.
    ...Bárbara Pinho, a science communicator at the Portuguese science museum "Fábrica Centro Ciência Viva" in... these stromal cell modifications, stromal cells are also constantly communicating with a tumor, proving... is currently a science communicator at the Portuguese science museum "Fábrica Centro Ciência Viva" in...tumor recurrence and poor clinical outcome in human breast cancers." The American journal of pathology 174.6...reprograming influence tumors development? Being pathological active regions, microenvironments shape a tumor...Proficient in transportation, exosomes are tools of communication and provide malignancy to the microenvironment...interested in science journalism and writing about biomedical issues. Follow her on Twitter @BrbaraPinho6. ...
  5. All in a Twist: dsRNA

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    Feb. 2, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ... DNA – right? RNA performs almost all of its biological functions in our cells in the single strand form...generate dsRNA as part of their infection and/or replication process within the host. dsRNA viruses are inherently...generate dsRNA intermediates as part of the viral replication process. dsDNA viruses yield dsRNA through a ...machinery of the host. This pathway has been clinically exploited for antiviral purposes similar to that...sequence. Once a compatible sequence is found (typically RNA that the RNAi is designed against), RISC can...target mRNA. These RNA tools have been used in clinical therapy to target pathogenic proteins, as well...and insecticides, an advancement over previous chemical versions with toxicity to many organisms. ...
  6. Addgene's Tips for Plasmid Quality Control

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    Jan. 14, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...through our lab using barcoded tubes and plates. The critical pieces of information for a given plasmid are ...plasmid sequence. Other information may also be critical to the maintenance and use of certain plasmids...access and use the materials they need, and avoid duplicating your effort. In addition, if you should choose...for the process. Always sequence verify Once the physical sample and its associated information are at Addgene...recover around 750 bp of clean sequence from a typical reaction, or about 250 amino acids worth, so make... for more tips on sequence analysis, plasmid verification, and using NCBI BLAST. Tips for high-throughput...comparable success rates and sequence quality, which is critical for the efficient handling of large numbers of...
  7. CRISPR 101: Cytosine Transversion Editors

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    March 25, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Red arrows indicate a conversion directly catalyzed by the base editor. Black arrows indicate natural cellular...editors (CBEs) and adenine base editors (ABEs) chemically modify target bases without breaking the DNA ...one-ring pyrimidine base. This is a far more complex chemical task, not a job for a single enzyme. Base ...editing works in general. Base editors use either catalytically dead Cas9 (dCas9) or a Cas9 nickase (nCas9) ... an engineered adenosine deaminase capable of chemically converting adenosine (A) to inosine (I, treated...converting the C base to uracil (U). This is the same chemical reaction performed by CBEs. However, most CBEs...improved editing in various cell types, although efficacy varied among target sequences. The researchers...
  8. What's New in CRISPR - May 2019

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    May 28, 2019, 12:49 p.m.
    ...plasmids available at Addgene. We will still periodically focus on specific CRISPR plasmid tools more ...editors Nme2Cas9 CRISPR interference in Candida albicans E. coli genome-wide inhibition library To expand...libraries also include 2,400 gRNAs without any significant hit across the E. coli genome as a negative control... control. Read the paper in Nature Communications Find the E. coli genome-wide CRISPR inhibition library...Homology-directed repair (HDR) can be used to make precise modification in genome editing. However, HDR efficiency is...efficiency up to 30-fold. Read the paper in Communications Biology Find the Cas9-PCV and PCV-Cas9 plasmids... fold and >3,800 fold in human cells with no significant reduction in editing efficiency. Read the paper...
  9. Finding Your Perfect Job After University

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    Jan. 12, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ... Molecular Biology (roughly a B average in the American system), in 2009 (at the beginning of the financial... this summer position as I felt I needed more practical lab experience to later gain a full time position...really enjoyed some aspects of the work, such as physically carrying out experiments like PCR and running...experience during research. Working abroad in rural Africa Once this position ended, I wanted to explore another...least 3 months experience working in a developing tropical country. This is why I set up a placement working...first aid. This really allowed me to see the practicalities of working in the field with the most basic...recession. As each advertised job received many applications, employers were requesting that only scientists...
  10. Mouse Modeling, Part 2: Breeding and Crossing Mice

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    Aug. 6, 2019, 12:55 p.m.
    ...genetic modifications into mouse embryos. But once you generate a growing colony of genetically engineered...epigenetic modifications. Special breeding cases Whether your mouse colony consists of genetically engineered...Cre-lox lines, and how to properly control for genetically engineered mice in your experiment. As you’ve...ve learned in Part 1, there are many types of genetically engineered mice: transgenic mice, knockin and...techniques are each useful for introducing one modification into the mouse genome, they are not commonly...parental mice In order to ensure that your genetic modification will be passed along to all of the offspring...getting a small piece of tissue from each mouse (typically via either a blood draw, tail clip, or toe clip...
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