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Guide to using AAV vectors in gene therapy

Drug Discovery World

This is largely due to their highly stable Inverted Terminal Repeat (ITR) regions, as this secondary structure is prone to deletions during propagation in bacteria and cannot be read by standard Sanger sequencing. Dr O’Hara also provided an AAV plasmid preparation case study. Why are those important?

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Guide to using AAV vectors in gene therapy

Drug Discovery World

This is largely due to their highly stable Inverted Terminal Repeat (ITR) regions, as this secondary structure is prone to deletions during propagation in bacteria and cannot be read by standard Sanger sequencing. Dr O’Hara also provided an AAV plasmid preparation case study. Why are those important?

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Advances in cell line development

Drug Discovery World

For instance, bacteria and yeast cell lines are easier to cultivate compared with mammalian cell lines, requiring less maintenance for the medium they are grown in. HEK 293 cells on the other hand are used within viral vector productions which have wide-scale applications for vaccines and therapies. Bacterial cell lines such as E.

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Biopharmaceutical Filtration: A Deep Dive

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It involves the separation of unwanted particles from biological materials to obtain contaminant free products. Membrane Filters: Membrane filters are typically used for sterilization and removal of smaller impurities such as bacteria and viruses. are used to remove any residual bacteria, viruses, or endotoxins.

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Improving quality control for CAR T cell therapies

Drug Discovery World

The immune system typically identifies foreign entities such as bacteria and viruses and activates lymphocytes such as T cells to destroy them with overwhelming force. Although this type of contamination has not yet been reported in humans, RCVs can form rapidly growing T cell neoplasms, another type of cancer. 2018) 9(507).