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Close-up of 8-channel pipette adding solution to a multi-well plate for transfection.
Channeling Transfection Success and Enhanced Electroporation
A new eight-channel pipette reduces experimental time and effort, providing researchers with more efficient transfection workflows.
Channeling Transfection Success and Enhanced Electroporation
Channeling Transfection Success and Enhanced Electroporation

A new eight-channel pipette reduces experimental time and effort, providing researchers with more efficient transfection workflows.

A new eight-channel pipette reduces experimental time and effort, providing researchers with more efficient transfection workflows.

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Harnessing Molecular Farming’s Potential
Priyom Bose, PhD | Sep 5, 2024 | 8 min read
Molecular farming is a promising technique that enables the production of biopharmaceuticals and other high value compounds in plants.
Optimizing Gene Editing Experimental Design
Optimizing Gene Editing Experimental Design
The Scientist Staff | Aug 26, 2024 | 1 min read
In this webinar, Jacob Lamberth will discuss the critical variables and strategies for revolutionizing gene editing experiments.
Optimizing Gene Editing Experimental Design
Optimizing Gene Editing Experimental Design
The Scientist Staff | Aug 26, 2024 | 1 min read
In this webinar, Jacob Lamberth will discuss the critical variables and strategies for revolutionizing gene editing experiments.
Chimeric antigen receptor binds to a membrane surface protein on a cancer cell
Enhancing CAR T Cell Generation with Nonviral Genetic Engineering
Thermo Fisher Scientific | Aug 13, 2024 | 1 min read
Optimizing nonviral genetic engineering of resting T cells for improved cancer immunotherapy
Synthetic Genomes: Rewriting the Blueprint of Life
Synthetic Genomes: Rewriting the Blueprint of Life
Priyom Bose, PhD | Jul 15, 2024 | 8 min read
Scientists construct synthetic genomes using computational and genetic engineering strategies to better understand complex biological systems.
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Infographic: Engineering Microbiomes with CRISPR
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD | Mar 15, 2024 | 2 min read
Researchers are using CRISPR for precise genetic manipulation of human-associated microbes as a promising avenue for improving human health.
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Hijacking Viruses: Optimizing Lentivirus-Based Cell Engineering
The Scientist | Dec 19, 2023 | 1 min read
Filippo Rossignoli discusses the challenges he faced when employing lentiviruses to produce immunotherapies and how he overcame these obstacles.
A Virus that Generates Electricity 
Andrew Chapman | Nov 17, 2023 | 3 min read
Melting a bacteriophage’s coat of proteins turns it into a tiny power plant, which could fire up the discovery of new bioengineered devices.
Patient with skin blisters being swabbed by gloved hand
Delivering Gene Therapies in Utero 
Natalia Mesa, PhD | Jul 18, 2023 | 3 min read
By delivering mRNA to the skin of mice in utero, researchers showed a proof-of-concept for shuttling gene therapies to skin cells before birth.
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CAR Technology in Cancer Therapy: From CAR-T to CAR-NK
The Scientist and Sino Biological | May 10, 2023 | 4 min read
From early target discovery to preclinical development stages, researchers explore novel strategies for effective cell therapies in cancer treatment.
Black and white portrait of Paul Berg
‘Godfather of Genetic Engineering’ Paul Berg Dies at 96
Lisa Winter | Mar 23, 2023 | 3 min read
Berg was awarded one-half of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1980 for his work with recombinant DNA technology. 
Dead shark on concrete
Researchers Make Alternatives to Shark-Sourced Vaccine Ingredient
Natalia Mesa, PhD | Feb 22, 2023 | 3 min read
Synthetic variations of squalene, which is used to boost immune responses, could make vaccines more effective while reducing fisheries for struggling sharks.
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Building Bridges for Translational Research - A Special Podcast Series
The Scientist and Cytiva | Feb 13, 2023 | 2 min read
Translational scientists discuss their experiences taking preclinical concepts to the market.
The giant virus <em >Pandoravirus neocaledonia&nbsp;</em>inside the amoeba <em>Acanthamoeba castellanii</em>.
Giant Viruses Grew Out of Small Ones: Study
Kamal Nahas, PhD | Feb 13, 2023 | 4 min read
A study employing CRISPR/Cas9 to explore the evolutionary beginnings of some giant viruses finds evidence their large genomes arose from gene duplications.
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“Smarter” CAR T Cells Target Tumors with Precision
Natalia Mesa, PhD | Dec 16, 2022 | 5 min read
Two studies in mice now show that researchers can control when and where CAR T cells are active, potentially overcoming previous hurdles for CAR T–based treatments.
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Novel Yeast-Assembly Technique Yields Living Materials
Natalia Mesa, PhD | Nov 23, 2022 | 3 min read
Researchers say structures made of the cells could potentially be used to clean up uranium from oceans, heal wounds, and more.
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Analyzing Oligonucleotide Purity with Capillary Electrophoresis
Agilent | Nov 7, 2022 | 1 min read
Identify small impurities introduced by oligonucleotide synthesis prior to experimentation.
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Combating Mosquito-Borne Diseases with CRISPR
Niki Spahich, PhD | Oct 11, 2022 | 4 min read
As alternatives to insecticides, Omar Akbari uses sophisticated genetic engineering methods to solve the world’s mosquito problems.
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Ten Years of CRISPR
Sophie Fessl, PhD | Jun 28, 2022 | 7 min read
This month marks ten years since CRISPR-Cas9 was repurposed as a gene editing system, so we’re looking back at what has been accomplished in a decade of CRISPR editing.
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