Latest News rss Open menu 26 April 2018 Cas3: a biological fishing rod and a shredder rolled into one CRISPR-Cas9 has made gene editing a lot easier and will eventually help us erase hereditary diseases from our DNA. Read more 20 April 2018 Researchers build DNA replication in a model synthetic cell Researchers at Delft University of Technology, in collaboration with colleagues at the Autonomous University of Madrid, have created an artificial DNA blueprint for the replication of DNA in a cell-like structure. Read more 22 February 2018 Loops, loops, and more loops: This is how your DNA gets organised Researchers from the Kavli Institute of Delft University and EMBL Heidelberg now managed for the first time to isolate and film and witnessed—in real time—how a single protein complex called condensin reels in DNA to extrude a loop. Read more 07 February 2018 Mathematics explains why Crispr-Cas9 sometimes cuts the wrong DNA The discovery of the Cas9 protein has been of great value to medical science. It has simplified gene editing tremendously, and may even make it possible to eliminate many hereditary diseases in the near future. Using Cas9, researchers have the ability to cut DNA in a cell to correct mutated genes, or paste new pieces of genetic material into the newly opened spot. Initially, the Crispr-Cas9 system seemed to be extremely accurate. But unfortunately, it is now apparent that Cas9 sometimes also cuts other DNA sequences similar to the exact sequences it was programmed to target. Scientists at Delft University of Technology have developed a mathematical model that explains why Cas9 cuts some DNA sequences while leaving others alone. Read more 01 February 2018 Clive Brown of Oxford Nanopore at Bioengineering Institute kickoff On Tuesday 27 March, TU Delft will launch the Delft Bioengineering Institute. Main speaker is Clive Brown, Chief Technology Officer at DNA sequencing specialist Oxford Nanopore Technologies. Read more ... Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 You are on page 8 Share this page: Facebook Linkedin Twitter Email WhatsApp Share this page