Hockeydemon
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Synthego offers FREE samples of CRISPR for human cells lines
I wandered to the synthego website the other day while reading about CRISPR technology. I ended up getting a spam email the other day with a trial
offer for their products. Seemed like a good deal so I explored.
I was able to use the code "KNOCKOUT" for the human cell knockout line product. I typed what gene I wanted to knock out - sex hormone-binding globulin
(SHBG). Which retailed according to them for almost $1,500 - I then put in the coupon and it was free. I just had to cover shipping costs.
I haven't tried their other offers, but you can find them here:
http://www.synthego.com/offers/
This isn't spam - I thought someone here might find some free CRISPR tools fun.
On a side note - the fact that I can just order human cell line editing things online for free, without credentials is crazy.
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Reboot
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Neat!
Strange and interesting things are coming, to be sure. It's a much more advanced project, but it's only a matter of time before somebody has a vat
of yeast producing cocaine.
Or if you really want to lose sleep, a very long time ago as part of theoretical assignment on future pandemics, I proposed an engineered cold virus
that induced prion formation. The population gets the sniffles, then years later everybody starts to get dementia and die.
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Harristotle
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Thanks for sharing,
passed on to some bio mates, who became very excited.
Cheers,
H.
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Yttrium2
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Boo
Wait, what exactly are you doing and how is it doesn't done?
I miss biology class.
Missing out...
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