Murthy lab research on CRISPR-Gold published in Nature Biomedical Engineering.  The paper was titled “Nanoparticle delivery of Cas9 ribonucleoprotein and donor DNA in vivo induces homologous directed DNA repair”.  In this paper we demonstrate that it is possible to correct DNA mutations in vivo by delivering the Cas9 protein, guide RNA and donor DNA with gold nanoparticles.

This paper was highlighted by multiple news media, some of media coverage for this paper are shown below

Francis Collins the Director of the NIH blogs about CRISPR-Gold!

https://directorsblog.nih.gov/2017/10/10/gene-editing-gold-nanoparticle-delivery-shows-promise/

CRISPR-Gold is profiled on the U.C. Berkeley website

http://news.berkeley.edu/2017/10/03/crispr-gold-fixes-duchenne-muscular-dystrophy-mutation-in-mice/

Fierce Biotech writes an article about CRISPR-Gold

http://www.fiercebiotech.com/research/gold-nanoparticles-effectively-deliver-crispr-to-mice

The Scientist writes an article about CRISPR-Gold

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/50546/title/Nonviral-CRISPR-Delivery-a-Success/

Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News writes about CRISPR-Gold

https://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/crispr-nanoparticles-repair-duchenne-muscular-dystrophy-gene/81255009

Needle-free, painless vaccinations may become a reality thanks to MucoJet

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Murthy Lab sends a warm welcome to new Postdoctoral fellow Yumiao Zhang.

Congratulations to Murthy Lab’s postdoctoral fellow, Xiaojian Wang, for his new faculty position at Nanjing Tech University in China! We wish you all the best in your future career!

Congratulations to Murthy Lab’s postdoctoral fellow, Giri K. Vegesna, for his new position at Profusa Inc, a biotech company working on the development of a new generation of biointegrated sensors! We wish you all the best in your future career!

Murthy Lab sends a warm welcome to new Postdoc Subhamoy Das.