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Gene editing extends lifespan in mouse model of prion disease

Broad Institute

In 2018, Liu, who works on the same floor as Minikel and Vallabh at Broad, approached them and proposed a collaboration. Building on previous work by the vector-engineering lab of Ben Deverman at the Broad, the team developed a pair of adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) to package and deliver the base-editing machinery to brain cells.

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The history – and the future – of antibody discovery technologies

DrugBaron

They can exploit their exquisite specificity to carry toxic payloads to specific locations, they can mimic the binding of natural ligands to act as agonists and they can even be engineered into bispecific (or multispecific) formats to hit several targets at once. The fourth milestone in antibody discovery is just beginning to unfold.

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Gamma delta T cells: a rising star in cancer therapy

Drug Target Review

These include engineering the cells to express cytokines that promote their maturation and/or differentiation, and engineering drug-resistant γδ T cells that can be combined with chemotherapies, which stress cancer cells but would otherwise also deplete the T-cell population. Trends Immunol 39(6):446-459 (2018).

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Epigenetic editing: the next generation of genetic medicine

Drug Target Review

This level of control is not achievable with gene editing and is a severe limitation in applications such as T-cell engineering, where precise epigenetic remodelling during differentiation 3 fundamentally shapes the phenotype and function of the cell. 2018;:15–25. The clinic is the natural next step for epigenetic editing.

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What If College Was Just a Pit Stop? An Interview with Luca Ranzani

Perficient: Drug Development

He joined the team in 2018, and throughout the years, he held the position of Suspension Director and Team Captain. At UofM, he is a double major in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial and Operations Engineering, with plans to graduate in December 2023.

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Key considerations before commencing cell line development

Drug Target Review

There will also likely be a need to utilise a directed evolution approach and/or cell line engineering to enhance the desired growth and productivity characteristics, and stages such as cell banking, adventitious agent testing and cell line history preparation can be required. 2018) 34(6): 1460-1471. Microbiol (2000) 66(6): 2641-2646.

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Farma: Speculative Gastronomy

Codon

Genetic engineering in the medicine cabinet is one thing; allowing it at the dinner table is another. Through genetic engineering, researchers have developed Golden Rice which can help address the problem of vitamin A deficiency , cotton that produces its own insecticide , virus-resistant papayas , and more. At the dining table.