CRISPR Editing of Human TRIM5 Gene has Potential to Inhibit HIV-1GenomeWebNEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Researchers in Canada used CRISPR genome editing to induce mutations in the human TRIM5 gene with the goal of conferring innate antiviral function to human… Continue reading
PLoS Blogs (blog) |
Engineered bacteria to detect gut inflammation
PLoS Blogs (blog) Jeff Tabor’s lab’s paper in Molecular Systems Biology uses two component-systems from a Shewanella species to create a thiosulfate sensor and an improved tetrathionate sensor in a probiotic E. coli. Both of these sensors were characterized in a regular … |
Controlled Environments Magazine |
Synthetic “Virus” Dispatched to Kill Bacteria
Controlled Environments Magazine “The way our synthetic virus works means that bacteria are less likely to become resistant to it. They also have an additional advantage over traditional antibiotics in that they don’t have to reach and hit a single target inside a bacterial cell to be … |