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ChristianaCare’s Gene Editing Institute and DETV produce video series to engage high school students in the latest biomedical technologies and encourage them to pursue scientific careers

CRISPR in a Box Educational ToolkitTM – a gene editing experiment developed by the Gene Editing Institute for teaching – and the videos are already being used in classrooms in Delaware; Goal to reach students of color.

St. Georges Technical High School is first high school in the U.S. to use the Gene Editing Institute’s CRISPR in a Box Educational ToolkitTM

Study in The CRISPR Journal from ChristianaCare’s Gene Editing Institute reports the app advances CRISPR gene therapy R&D; 18-year-old software savant helped lead the app’s development.

Unique scientific-academic partnership advances revolutionary CRISPR in a BoxTM educational gene editing kit

Support from a second National Science Foundation grant will train next generation of scientists to find cures and therapies for diseases, including viral infections like COVID-19.

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Scientific Publications

A toolmaker’s perspective on CRISPR-directed gene editing as a therapeutic strategy for leukemia and beyond

Authors: Authors: Kmiec EB, Bloh K

Journal: Journal: Expert Reviews in Hematology, 2021

Exon skipping induced by CRISPR-directed gene editing regulates the response to chemotherapy in non-small cell lung carcinoma cells

Authors: Authors: Banas K, Modarai S, Rivera-Torres N, Yoo B-C, Bialk P, Barrett C, Batish M, Kmiec EB

Journal: Journal: Gene Therapy, 2022

Homology directed correction, a new pathway model for point mutation repair catalyzed by CRISPR-Cas

Authors: Authors: Sansbury BM, Hewes AM, Tharp OM, Masciarelli SB, Kaouser S, Kmiec EB

Journal: Journal: Nature, Scientific Reports, 2022