Programming gene and engineered-cell therapies with synthetic biology

T Kitada, B DiAndreth, B Teague, R Weiss - Science, 2018 - science.org
BACKGROUND Gene and engineered-cell therapies promise new treatment modalities for
incurable or difficult-to-treat diseases. First-generation gene and engineered-cell therapies …

Synthetic and systems biology for microbial production of commodity chemicals

V Chubukov, A Mukhopadhyay, CJ Petzold… - NPJ systems biology …, 2016 - nature.com
The combination of synthetic and systems biology is a powerful framework to study
fundamental questions in biology and produce chemicals of immediate practical application …

Cas9 gRNA engineering for genome editing, activation and repression

S Kiani, A Chavez, M Tuttle, RN Hall, R Chari… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
We demonstrate that by altering the length of Cas9-associated guide RNA (gRNA) we were
able to control Cas9 nuclease activity and simultaneously perform genome editing and …

Algorithmic programming of sequential logic and genetic circuits for recording biochemical concentration in a probiotic bacterium

M Lebovich, M Zeng, LB Andrews - ACS synthetic biology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Through the implementation of designable genetic circuits, engineered probiotic
microorganisms could be used as noninvasive diagnostic tools for the gastrointestinal tract …

Precision design of stable genetic circuits carried in highly‐insulated E. coli genomic landing pads

Y Park, A Espah Borujeni, TE Gorochowski… - Molecular systems …, 2020 - embopress.org
Genetic circuits have many applications, from guiding living therapeutics to ordering process
in a bioreactor, but to be useful they have to be genetically stable and not hinder the host …

FlowCal: a user-friendly, open source software tool for automatically converting flow cytometry data from arbitrary to calibrated units

SM Castillo-Hair, JT Sexton, BP Landry… - ACS synthetic …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Flow cytometry is widely used to measure gene expression and other molecular biological
processes with single cell resolution via fluorescent probes. Flow cytometers output data in …

Customizable gene sensing and response without altering endogenous coding sequences

F Caliendo, E Vitu, J Wang, SH Kuo, H Sandt… - Nature Chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
Synthetic biology aims to modify cellular behaviors by implementing genetic circuits that
respond to changes in cell state. Integrating genetic biosensors into endogenous gene …

Single strain control of microbial consortia

AJH Fedorec, BD Karkaria, M Sulu… - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
The scope of bioengineering is expanding from the creation of single strains to the design of
microbial communities, allowing for division-of-labour, specialised sub-populations and …

Standardization in synthetic biology: an engineering discipline coming of age

T Decoene, B De Paepe, J Maertens… - Critical reviews in …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Lea** DNA read-and-write technologies, and extensive automation and
miniaturization are radically transforming the field of biological experimentation by providing …

Systematic transfer of prokaryotic sensors and circuits to mammalian cells

BC Stanton, V Siciliano, A Ghodasara… - ACS synthetic …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Prokaryotic regulatory proteins respond to diverse signals and represent a rich resource for
building synthetic sensors and circuits. The TetR family contains> 105 members that use a …