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  1. Using CRISPR/Cas9 to Edit Disease Out of the Genome

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    June 23, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...could be used to edit several autosomal-dominant mutations that have been connected to the early onset of... CRISPR/Cas9 corrects Alzheimer’s disease mutation in basal forebrain cholinergic neurons derived...Academy of Sciences found that mice with a dominant mutation in a gene that causes cataracts could be rescued... Cas9 mRNA and a single-guide RNA targeting the mutant allele (7). An independent team led by Hans Clevers...demonstration of use of genome editing to correct point mutations in two diseases with real phenotypic effect.” ...noted that CRISPR/Cas9 has been used to generate mutations in a wide range of organisms, but its potential...phase of crisis where they 'collect' a number of mutations.” Cystic fibrosis may not be the most likely candidate...
  2. Viral Vectors 101: Integrase-Deficient Lentiviral Vectors

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    May 13, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    .... J. (2008). Insertional mutagenesis combined with acquired somatic mutations causes leukemogenesis following...discovered by researchers investigating HIV integrase mutants in the early 1990s (Leavitt et al., 1996), and ...lentiviral vector: 1. No risk of insertional mutagenesis Lentiviral vectors tend to integrate into transcriptionally...2002), thus increasing the risk for insertional mutagenesis. This integration could lead to an undesirable...harbor these unwanted interruptions. Insertional mutagenesis is especially concerning in clinical settings...acute lymphoblastic leukemia due to insertional mutagenesis (Howe et al., 2008). 2. Transient expression ...cells, as they avoid the risk of insertional mutagenesis while still allowing for stable expression of...
  3. Harnessing Bacterial Toxins for Allelic Exchange

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    Aug. 15, 2019, 12:30 p.m.
    ...astounding number of ways to create chromosomal mutations in bacteria, so many that it may be difficult ...path to take. A quick and easy way to introduce a mutation in the chromosome is to disrupt expression of ...genes. However, there are ways to create scarless mutations, ones that don’t leave any undesired scars in ...technology has also aided in the creation of scarless mutations, both in stand-alone systems (Jiang et al., 2013...plasmid curing steps, and can generate off-target mutations. Modifying bacterial genomes using counter-selectable...is frequently called allelic exchange. Here, a mutated allele introduced from a conjugative plasmid replaces...versatile technique, and is less prone to off-target mutations. Ultimately, successful allelic exchange requires...
  4. Donations from Addgene to Yield Answers for Rare Disease Researchers

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    Sept. 15, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...different mutations in a gene called SOX10. To understand the functional role of those mutations, they now...Syndrome, a devastating genetic disease caused by mutations in the OCRL1 gene that leads to the early death...to work to explore the effect of various OCRL1 mutations on cell behavior in greater detail. The goal is...CRISPR-Cas9 constructs from Addgene to gene-edit mutations into XP genes and other genes involved in photosensitivity...plasmids to explore the functional differences among mutations responsible for the disease known as Alternating...the brain. McSweeney says they now think that mutations in the gene may prevent neurons from returning...work will help them to understand how different mutations lead to differences in the symptoms experienced...
  5. CRISPR 101: Validating Your Genome Edit

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    Nov. 3, 2022, 12:15 p.m.
    ... Validating knockout mutations When a knockout cell line is desired, any mutation that introduces a frameshift...silent mutation in a neighboring nucleotide along with your desired edit. This silent mutation should ...cells were appropriately edited for your desired mutation - insertion, deletion, or site-directed knock-...is. If you are trying to introduce a homozygous mutation, it’s helpful to know how many copies you are ...Secondly, categorize your edit – is it any frameshift mutation? A specific insertion or deletion? A knock-in?...large deletion events.   Validating knock-in mutations You’ve introduced a donor template along with ... editor. What next? When generating a knock-in mutation, the best screening method depends on what your...
  6. Plasmids 101: Methylation and Restriction Enzymes

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    June 30, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...for site directed mutagenesis. During this process, incorporation of a desired mutation into your plasmid...only the non-mutated and methylated template is destroyed leaving behind a pool of mutated plasmids which...Troubleshoot Your Sequencing Results Use REPLACR Mutagenesis to Mutate Your Plasmids Resources on Addgene.org ...newly synthesized product from a site-directed mutagenesis experiment? The answer to both questions is the...plasmid of interest by PCR generates mutated plasmids with no methylation (there are no methyltransferases...dam-/dcm- strains may have an increased rate of mutation (as these would also be deficient in mis-match...
  7. Viral Vectors 101: Inverted Terminal Repeats

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    Oct. 19, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...et al., 2004). Mutations in the RBE site reduce binding with Rep proteins and mutations in the trs site...integrity and prevent unwanted mutations?  During propagation, mutants rapidly replicate in a growth culture...important for viral genome replication, these mutations can affect transduction efficiency and subsequent...are prone to replication errors and disruptive mutations and truncations that can make vector propagation...result in a high percentage of plasmid DNA with mutated ITR sequences. Using recombinant-deficient bacterial... sequencing is also helpful in quantifying ITR mutants since analysis of individual reads allows for identification...within the ITR. However, small deletions and point mutations will go undetected by restriction digest methods...
  8. Generating Mouse Models Using CRISPR/Cas9

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    July 12, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...incredibly useful for generating mutations by NHEJ and generating small mutations with HDR, when it comes to...technologies, a researcher would first introduce a mutation into a mouse embryonic stem cell (ESC) line, enrich...that had successfully incorporated the desired mutation, and then derive mice from these engineered ESCs...the chromatogram showing the telltale signs of a mutation introduced by CRISPR. The sequence started clean...done, 75% of the mice in this experiment showed a mutation! I looked out my window and I saw the Dorr Mountain... many, if not all, the mice carry a frameshift mutation. For knock in with a donor oligonucleotide, we...successful in deriving mice carrying the intended mutation. With a donor plasmid, the outcome is less predictable...
  9. Exploring Applications of the Bioluminescent HiBiT Tag

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    Oct. 2, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...with an R175H mutation to match a frequent mutation in early-onset GC and one with a mutation at R273H to..., work across cell models, and even introduce mutations. This vector-based use of HiBiT provides a means...cancer (GC), TP53 was one of the most frequently mutated genes. Next, the authors explored how these variants...to match a mutation frequently found in late-onset GC. HiBiT-TP53 expression was detected by blotting ...response-element NanoLuc reporter to show that the mutants abolished transcriptional activity, even in the...wild-type protein. Together, the work links p53 mutations to treatment outcomes and provides a HiBiT-enabled...that essentially functions as an ion channel, mutations of which lead to cystic fibrosis, one of the most...
  10. Experimenting in an Open Source lab: from CRISPR to Cats

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    July 23, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...complexity using existing C. elegans mutants. For instance, we use a mutant known as CX51 that exhibits motor...effects this mutation has on locomotion in our computer model to the effects of this mutation in the real...real mutant worm. Like many academic labs, we have the capability to study many different mutants because...educational institution meaning that we can obtain known mutants at $7.00 a strain. Makerspaces like ours can also...to modify the worm genome and make additional mutations in our worms.  We are on the lookout for genome...model  so that we can use CRISPR/cas9 to build the mutants, analyse their motor behaviour, and ultimately ...
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