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With this innovative recipe for LNPs, Penn Engineers have taken a major step forward in advancing mRNA technology, offering hope for a faster and more efficient path to life-changing treatments.

As described in the paper, the researchers created a novel genetic "cassette," a small group of DNA elements, and inserted it inside fruit flies as a proof-of-concept technology that could be applied to other insects.

Using cell sorting technology at the Flow Cytometry & Cell Sorting Shared Resource at Hollings, the researchers sorted T-cells according to the amount of Golgi they contained.

The reason appears to be a combination of factors, including an under-resourced elections budget in one of California’s smaller, lower-income counties and a desire to keep a meticulous, steady process that was instilled by trusted staff decades ago, even as technology advances.

"Ultimately, this technology will be used to monitor and locate these invasive snakes, thereby validating removal efforts."