Bacterial System for Protein Delivery
June 27, 2023 | Terry Sharrer

Scientists find ‘ultracool’ tiny needle that could someday deliver gene editing therapies
“Gene editing has been limited to a few sites in the body because of restrictive delivery mechanisms. Scientists have now discovered a tiny needle that a bacterium uses to kill insect cells that could someday widen the world of gene editing therapeutics. Researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT have found a way to use a natural bacterial system to create a new protein delivery system that could have applications for gene editing therapies such as those based on CRISPR-Cas9 as well as cancer treatments.” MORE
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