I must admit, I’m a sucker for just about any list article. Show me a title such as, “8 Reasons Why…” or “10 Movies That…”, and there’s a pretty good chance I’ll click. I often find myself scrolling through the strangest lists, reviewing things that I really don’t care about – kitchen gadgets, closet organizing products, stocking stuffers. I’m hopeless. I’m compelled to click.
For decades, the same plasmid technology has been used in vaccination, cell and gene therapy, and as a raw material in viral vector and RNA production, but that technology often isn’t a good fit for the processes where it’s being used. Now, with the growing availability of Nanoplasmid™ vectors, that is changing.
NanoplasmidTM. We’ve been discussing this topic quite a bit recently, and now our latest whitepaper brings you an in-depth examination of our novel Next-Generation plasmid technology. The etiology of its name, “nano,” originates from its purposefully designed “small” backbone of around 500 base pairs (bp) as compared to traditional plasmids that often exceed 2000 bp. This reduced backbone size is a direct result of removing prokaryotic and antibiotic-resistance genes used to select transformed bacteria and propagate a vector.
Genomic medicine field has progressed in leaps and bounds these last few years, and at the 3rd Annual CRISPR 2.0 conference, it was wonderful to again connect in person with colleagues to discuss those advances. It was a great opportunity to listen and learn from a prestigious lineup of gene editing experts from across the industry.
In my previous post, I brought up important questions that should be asked when beginning to design a scalable manufacturing process to meet specific use requirements. In this post, some of the difficulties encountered in process development are reviewed.
