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Inaugural Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology awarded to Dr. Marvin Caruthers for developing technology that efficiently synthesizes DNA

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Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology for developing an efficient, automated technology for synthesizing DNA. The chemical reactions that he discovered in the early 1980s to accurately and quickly assemble nucleotides into strands of DNA provided an essential element in the development of modern molecular medicine.

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Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology awarded to F. William Studier for development of widely used protein- and RNA-production platform

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William Studier for development of widely used protein- and RNA-production platform By Corie Lok May 14, 2024 Breadcrumb Home Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology awarded to F. Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology for his development of an efficient, scalable method of producing RNA and proteins in the laboratory.

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Octopuses rewire their brains to adapt to seasonal temperature shifts

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

The octopuses achieve this by editing their RNA, the messenger molecule between DNA and proteins. Researchers report that two-spot octopuses adapt to seasonal temperature shifts by producing different neural proteins under warm versus cool conditions.

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Researchers engineer in vivo delivery system for prime editing, partially restoring vision in mice

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In the new work published today in Nature Biotechnology , the team adapted engineered virus-like particles (eVLPs) that they had previously designed to carry base editors — another type of precision gene editor that makes single-letter changes in DNA. Paper cited: An, M.

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Search algorithm reveals nearly 200 new kinds of CRISPR systems

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The work appears today in Science. The scientists found a surprising number and diversity of CRISPR systems, including ones that could make edits to DNA in human cells, others that can target RNA, and many with a variety of other functions. Zhang’s team thinks the new systems could be adapted for diagnostic technologies as well.

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Editing without 'cutting': Molecular mechanisms of new gene-editing tool revealed

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Functional analysis based on these structures also revealed how a 'prime editor' could achieve reverse transcription, synthesizing DNA from RNA, without 'cutting' both strands of the double helix. New research has determined the spatial structure of various processes of a novel gene-editing tool called 'prime editor.'

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Evolved prime editors are smaller and more efficient for therapeutic applications

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Their new editors are more efficient and specialized than previous versions, and are able to modify DNA in cultured cells and in animals that have been difficult to edit, including in immune system cells and inside the brain. Jordan Doman and Smriti Pandey, graduate students in the Liu lab, are co-first authors of the study.

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