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Despite the potential for establishing an ideal medicine, there are still numerous challenges. | Despite the potential for establishing an ideal medicine, there are still numerous challenges. | ||
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Revision as of 00:06, 18 October 2018
SNIP EQUIP FLIP
The ideal medicine is not a perfect treatment . . .
. . . it's a cure
Advancements in genetic modification have opened avenues towards numerous tracks of scientific development. In particular, the demand for permanent health solutions has sparked massive interest in gene therapy.
Despite the potential for establishing an ideal medicine, there are still numerous challenges. The selection of an integration target site, methodology pertaining to gene delivery, and maintenance of gene expression currently limit the potential for gene therapy to become common practice.
How do we overcome these problems?
SNIP EQUIP FLIP
The system that allows for the integration and maintenance of large-scale genetic constructs in eukaryotic systems.
iGEM Calgary's Snip, Equip, Flip aims to overcome the aforementioned obstacles.
This system allows
for the creation of eukaryotic cell lines via stable integration and expression of exogenous
genes.
Snip, Equip, Flip is a simple and reliable method that can be used by experienced and entrant
researchers
alike that can lead to a vast array of scientific discoveries.
By complementing the specificity of targeting that CRISPR/Cas9 offers with the much larger
integration
capabilities of FLP recombinase and beta resolvase, gene integration into eukaryotic genomes
becomes a
simple process of Snip, Equip, Flip.
The expression of integrated genes is then protected and maintained over time by adding
flanking
chromatin modifying elements.
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