They then used a method known
as electroporation, in which cells are briefly exposed to an electrical field that makes their membranes more permeable, to quickly deliver these RNPs to the interior of the cells.
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Using Pulse Electric Field Processing (PEF) the patent protected E-FLO
Electroporation System provides significant product improvement in chip crunch, taste and texture
as well
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Associate Professor Rika Numano explained, «The W / O droplet
electroporation technique has several advantages over conventional transfection techniques: small cell number required,
as low
as 1000 cells; small amount of DNA required, which makes it applicable for various cell types including neural cells; and changeable genome DNA.
This group cultured human CD34 + cells in StemSpan ™ medium and cytokines
as a pre-stimulation step ahead of
electroporation, before xenotransplantation into mice or additional in vitro culture.
Tissues targeted (
as reported in animals): Primarily blood, immune, and stem cells removed from the body; localized
electroporation to skin
Important reports from the Weiner lab include the first DNA vaccine studied for HIV
as well
as for cancer immune therapy of cutaneous T cell lymphoma, the early development of DNA encoded genetic adjuvants, including IL - 12, advances in gene optimization, and advances in
electroporation technologies resulting in improved gene delivery.
Additionally, the authors tested for cellular specificity by using
as a convenient experimental framework in utero
electroporation of a plasmid that allowed co-expression of the PLE enzyme and of a fluorescent tag (mCherry).