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Joined January 2020
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Precise cut-and-paste DNA insertion using engineered type V-K CRISPR-associated transposases HELIX: a newly engineered #CRISPR-associated transposases (CASTs) with high integration product purity and genome-wide specificity. nature.com/articles/s41587-0…
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🚨Preprint alert from #CRISPRBerlin🚨: Combining different CRISPR-nucleases for simultaneous non-viral knock-in and base editing prevents translocations in multiplex-edited CAR T cells. tinyurl.com/5by84ybh Not just one but many CRISPRs are amazing. A short thread 👇🧵 1/8
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Just published @Nature 1st #CRISPR genome editing of immune T-cells to treat cancer, individualized for 16 patients with solid tumors, with some success nature.com/articles/s41586-0… nature.com/articles/d41586-0… by @heidiledford
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The end of PCR machines? Engineered helicase replaces thermocycler in DNA amplification while retaining desired PCR characteristics doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-3…
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Our paper is out! New recombinases for large DNA integration in human cells nature.com/articles/s41587-0… We discovered thousands of recombinases and their DNA targets by searching in mobile genetic elements🧬🦠 Our experiments showed some are promising tools for genome engineering🖋️
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Do you want to learn where the gene editing field is heading? Please join us for this online event! Outstanding speakers lineup, *FREE* registration and several AWARDS for abstract submission: deadline *October 8th* Please retweet! #CRISPR hsph.harvard.edu/pqg-confere…
Engineered CRISPR prime editors with compact, untethered reverse transcriptases go.nature.com/3SCy1Fw
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Orbital: an RNA toolbox for vaccines and protein replacement with technology from @Stanford and @BeamTx, and backed by Arch. An Emerging Company Profile by BioCentury's Richard Guy @NTAPGuy buff.ly/3DHgese
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A growing pipeline of mRNA therapeutics is entering clinical trials, in particular systemic delivery of protein replacement therapy for rare monogenic disorders, and cytokines or antibodies for cancer immunotherapy - find out more in our latest news story go.nature.com/3Uq3VXu
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We just published a review on bacteriophage genome engineering methods, including various CRISPR approaches. Great work by PhD student Marina Mahler now in @PeterFineran’s group. Thanks @AnaRitaMCosta, Sam and Peter for contributing. cell.com/trends/biotechnolog…
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Today we report in @NatureBiotech the high-throughout phase-assisted continuous evolution of compact Cas9 variants that require only single-nucleotide pyrimidine PAM sequences (N4TN and N4CN). This work was a terrific collaboration with @MoKhalilLab. 1/8) drive.google.com/file/d/1qmF…
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Reprogramming of antibody responses in mice is achieved via adeno-associated virus delivery of SaCas9, single guide RNA (sgRNA) and a repair template targeting immunoglobulin genes #NBTNV go.nature.com/3aMEbSw
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Immunocompromised patients continue to face ongoing risks from COVID-19. In this @politico article, sponsored by AstraZeneca, Iskra Reic, EVP, Vaccines and Immune Therapies talks about policy action to protect this community: know.az/3CzEKey
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Gene therapies, the potentially curative "miracles of medicine," are hitting stride with 40-50 expected to be approved by 2030. But their up front costs remains a formidable challenge, despite favorable cost-benefit analyses economist.com/briefing/2022/…
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An assay leveraging strand-displacement reactions and enzymatic amplification for the recognition of viral RNA and implemented on origami paper allows for the fast colorimetric detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants, with single-nucleotide specificity. nature.com/articles/s41551-0…
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