Tag: CasMINI

Every few months we highlight a subset of the new plasmids and viral preps in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These articles provide brief summaries of recent plasmid deposits and we hope they’ll make it easier for you to find and use the plasmids you need. If you’d ever…

CRISPR illustration. Credit: National Institutes of Health A compact and efficient CRISPR-Cas system, named CasMINI, could be broadly useful for cell-engineering and gene-therapy applications because it is easier to deliver into cells. The findings appear in a study that was published on September 3, 2021, in the journal Molecular Cell….

The common analogy for CRISPR gene editing is that it works like molecular scissors, cutting out select sections of DNA. Stanley Qi, assistant professor of bioengineering at Stanford University, likes that analogy, but he thinks it’s time to reimagine CRISPR as a Swiss Army knife. “CRISPR can be as simple as…

Scientists led by a team at Stanford University have developed a compact, efficient CRISPR-Cas system, called CasMINI, which is about half the size of existing CRISPR-Cas systems, and which could have broad utility for gene therapy applications as well as cell engineering. The researchers confirmed in experiments that CasMINI could,…

Bioengineers reimagine the CRISPR system as a Swiss Army knife packed with many applications. They repurposed it to make a mini version, called CasMINI, that can easily be delivered into human cells for gene therapy and treat various ailments. The new technology, described in the study titled “Engineered Miniature CRISPR-Cas…

The common analogy for CRISPR gene editing is that it works like molecular scissors, cutting out select sections of DNA. Stanley Qi, assistant professor of bioengineering at Stanford University, likes that analogy, but he thinks it’s time to reimagine CRISPR as a Swiss Army knife. “CRISPR can be as simple…

A compact and efficient CRISPR-Cas system, named CasMINI, could be broadly useful for cell-engineering and gene-therapy applications because it is easier to deliver into cells. The findings appear in a study publishing September 3 in the journal Molecular Cell. This is a critical step forward for CRISPR genome-engineering applications….

Why grab just a pair of scissors when you could get more functionality with a Swiss knife? A team of researchers at Stanford University think they’ve built such a tool to apply to CRISPR gene editing, which could help advance the platform and make it easier to deliver into cells. the…