Stanford researchers have developed a new class of materials that enable new strategies for the efficient delivery of messenger RNA (mRNA) into cells and animals. The delivery materials are easily prepared (2 steps), stable and readily tuned.
Researchers in Dr. Christina Smolke's lab have generated novel RNA aptamer sensors that can be used to regulate gene expression in response to the clinically relevant drug folinic acid.
Dr. Mark Kay and colleagues have created antibiotic-selectable, non-silencing plasmid vectors that can be prepared by conventional methods and provide persistent high levels of transgene expression.