1658-Cellular Self-Reporting for Live-Cell Transcriptomics
The paper introduces cellular self-reporting, a novel bioengineering platform that uses engineered virus-like particles (VLPs) to monitor gene expression in living cells without destroying them. By repurposing the MMLV Gag protein, researchers can package and export cellular mRNA into the surrounding culture media for longitudinal analysis. This method overcomes the limitations of traditional transcriptomic profiling, which typically requires cell lysis and prevents the study of the same sample over time. The authors demonstrate the technology's versatility by tracking transcriptional…
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