Thursday, August 13, 2009

Technique enables efficient gene splicing in human embryonic stem cells

Source: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
August 13, 2009

Summary:

A novel technique allows researchers to efficiently and precisely modify or introduce genes into the genomes of human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, according to Whitehead scientists. The method uses proteins called zinc finger nucleases and is described in the August 13 issue of Nature Biotechnology.