Aug 22, 2025
A CRISPR-based method to remove viruses from donor organs before transplant using a normothermic pump, to cleanse organs. This technology aims to reduce post-transplant viral infections and improve patient outcomes.
Feb 20, 2025
Jain and his team create diagnostics and a comprehensive suite of precise genome-editing tools using CRISPR, a gene editing tool that allows scientists to modify DNA in living organisms.
Oct 28, 2024
August Bodin, a Jain Lab member, presented on Repurposing CRISPR-Cas12 for RNA Detection at the 2024 AIChE annual meeting at San Diego.
Oct 16, 2024
Researchers successfully created a HEK293T cell line with the mutation of interest using homology-directed repair, and are now testing and optimizing prime editors to address the mutation in both cell lines and patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells differentiated into photoreceptor precursor cells.
Jun 24, 2024
A new, easy-to-use HIV-detection test kit being developed at the University of Florida using advanced CRISPR technology shows promise as an early-warning alarm system that could save millions of lives.
Sep 21, 2023
University of Florida researchers have found a new use for “genetic scissors” to detect RNA, a discovery that could lead to faster, more accurate and less expensive diagnostic tests for a host of diseases. The genetic scissors are a protein complex known as CRISPR-Cas12a.