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Checking out a new gene gun at Synthetic Genomics in La Jolla this afternoon.

The system shoots a shotgun pattern of metal particles with DNA attached to transfect cells below.

5 responses to “Love Gun”

  1. Hoooooo so this is how DNA sequencing works…
    You just need to put your hand in the Magic Box, and that’ s it !!! O=)

    Makes you wonder about the how to get Y’s single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) O ; )

  2. The principle of gene guns has always been the same… pneumatic ballistics. What makes this one different?

  3. Not much. Different metals I think from some earlier versions.

    A really new approach is in development, but in a different room.

  4. Hi. I am wondering if you will let us use this photo as part of a presentation on gene therapy in my bio class. We will of course include a "photo credit: Steve Jurvetson".

  5. sure. All my photos are free to use with "photo by: Jurvetson (flickr)"

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