Made up of a pipe-like barrel atop a plastic handgrip, the gene gun electrically fires 12 DNA cartridges without reloading.
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In 1983 the first gene gun was invented in 1987, allowing transformation of plants not susceptible to " Agrobacterium " infection.
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Genes can be inserted into callus cells using biolistic bombardment, also known as a gene gun, or " Agrobacterium tumefaciens ".
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Companies hope to use Star Trek-like hyposprays as " gene guns " to send DNA vaccines through skin pores without a needle.
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Non-viral methods include physical methods such as electroporation, microinjection, gene gun, impalefection, hydrostatic pressure, continuous infusion, and sonication and chemical, such as lipofection.
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Scientists have a potent new weapon in the fight against cancer-- a " gene gun " that shoots pure DNA directly into tumors.
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He jokes with a graduate student, proudly shows off a gene gun that shoots DNA into cells, sits in the coffee room trading stories.
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Gene guns ( also known as biolistics ) " shoot " ( direct high energy particles or radiations against ) target genes into plant cells.
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The plasmid with EPSPS and the other genetic elements mentioned above was inserted into soybean germplasm with a gene gun by scientists at Monsanto and Asgrow.
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Methods for non-viral gene therapy include the injection of naked DNA, electroporation, the gene gun, sonoporation, magnetofection, the use of oligonucleotides, lipoplexes, dendrimers, and inorganic nanoparticles.
