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Gene editing extends lifespan in mouse model of prion disease

Broad Institute

Not long after the development of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing in 2013, Vallabh and Minikel began thinking about whether CRISPR could be used to disrupt the gene encoding the prion protein. The wife-and-husband team started a lab at the Broad with a singular focus: preventing and treating prion disease within their lifetime.

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Target-directed cancer: protein-ligand interactions  

Drug Target Review

We support the drug discovery projects of the CCDD with assay development and screening, biophysics, structural biology and recombinant protein production. With all these diverse methods we characterise protein-ligand interactions in many ways. 2013) 56, 2059-2073. The figure was generated with CCP4MG (McNicholas et al.

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Cave Coronavirus in Wuhan Lab Seeded COVID – The Truth Has Always Been Out There, in the Genetics

PLOS: DNA Science

The most compelling evidence for the origin lies in the RNA genome sequence similarities between RaTG13 and SARS-CoV-2 – specifically, a part that encodes the “furin binding site” of the spike protein with which the virus adheres to host cells. Coincidence? I’ve never thought so. RaTG13 shares about 96.1%

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What is Protein Nitration? | BMG LABTECH

BMG Labtech

8 A second sandwich ELISA with absorbance detection allowed measurement of the concentrations of the S100 calcium-binding protein (S100B). Advanced oxidation protein products were also determined (Fig. 2013 Mar 19;110(12):E1102-11. Epub 2013 Mar 4. Nitration of Hsp90 induces cell death. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.

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The Codon Guide to Synthetic Biology

Codon

PNAS (2013). Link The PURE system for the cell-free synthesis of membrane proteins , by Kuruma Y. & Link An integrated cell-free metabolic platform for protein production and synthetic biology , by Jewett M.C. Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2013). & Charpentier E. & Ueda T.

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The Codon Guide to Synthetic Biology

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Nature Methods (2013). PNAS (2013). Link An integrated cell-free metabolic platform for protein production and synthetic biology , by Jewett M.C. Molecular Systems Biology (2013). Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2013). . & Reinberg D. Cell (2002). Nature Genetics (2002).

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