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Codon Digest: Ghana Approves A Better Malaria Vaccine

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Most people would take the two CRISPR gene-editing components (a Cas9 protein and guide RNA), package them up inside of a virus, and then inject the viruses into the skulls of mice. Promising new malaria vaccine for kids approved in Ghana. This is not the first vaccine approved to prevent malaria, but it is by far the most effective.

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Codon Digest: Ghana Approves A Better Malaria Vaccine

Codon

Most people would take the two CRISPR gene-editing components (a Cas9 protein and guide RNA), package them up inside of a virus, and then inject the viruses into the skulls of mice. Promising new malaria vaccine for kids approved in Ghana. This is not the first vaccine approved to prevent malaria, but it is by far the most effective.

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Codon: Notes on Progress #2

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Base editor proteins were delivered into the mice using a virus, called AAV9. coli genes into a piece of simian virus DNA. The landmark paper enabled revolutions in insulin biomanufacturing, CAR-T therapies, and the bioproduction of most modern vaccines; in other words, much of what we take for granted today. ” Recommend.

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The Dangers of Mirrored Life

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Some scientists even think it had a virus defense system; “researchers say LUCA likely housed 19 CRISPR genes, which bacteria use to slice up viral threats,” reports Quanta Magazine. The rabies virus infects most mammals and typically spreads through saliva (delivered via animal bites).

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Codon News: Cloned Mongolian Horses

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Read more in IFL Science & Asterisk Magazine 2/ Little Cloned Horse Wild Mongolian horses, called takhi , once roamed the mighty Asian steppes. 3/ A Vaccine for RSV A vaccine called Arexvy, and marketed by GlaxoSmithKline, has been approved by the FDA for adults aged 60 and older. The vaccine was 82.6 Beautiful stuff.

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Codon News: Cloned Mongolian Horses

Codon

Read more in IFL Science & Asterisk Magazine 2/ Little Cloned Horse Wild Mongolian horses, called takhi , once roamed the mighty Asian steppes. 3/ A Vaccine for RSV A vaccine called Arexvy, and marketed by GlaxoSmithKline, has been approved by the FDA for adults aged 60 and older. The vaccine was 82.6 Beautiful stuff.

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Codon Digest: GPT-4 Controls a Robot

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Compact gene editors , called enOsCas12f1 and enRhCas12f1, are smaller than many existing Cas proteins and can thus be more easily delivered in a single virus for gene therapies. Read The T-cell-directed vaccine BNT162b4 encoding conserved non-spike antigens protects animals from severe SARS-CoV-2 infection. Arieta C.M. Cell Reports.