Nadia Amrani

UMassMed Faculty Page

Inventions:

Title: Broadening the Precision and Targeting Range of Cas9 through DNA Binding Domain Fusions and PAM Recognition Mutations. UMMS14-68; Patent Pending. 

• New Cas9 technology with improved activity, precision, and sequence targeting range. This new Cas9 nuclease-DNA targeting unit chimera utilizes programmable DNA binding domain for editing specificity. The chimeric nuclease complex allows for conjugation of other Cas9 variants to reduce off-target and undesired editing of the genome. This improved Cas9 technology will have application for future human gene therapy.

  • Technology: Gene Therapy
  • Applications: CRISPR, Gene editing

Innovation Topics: Gene Therapy, CRISPR, Gene editing