Jaime Rivera Perez

UMassMed Faculty Page

Inventions:

Title: In vitro and in vivo Transduction of Intact Pre-implantation Mammalian Embryos. UMMS16-29; Patent Pending. 

• This invention simplifies genetic engineering in mammalian (does it matter which ones?) research and commercial settings by introducing nucleic acids into mammalian embryos without the need for conventional mechanical methods, microinjection or electroporation, which can be lethal. The new transgenic platform works simply by exposing AAV viral particles to an “intact” pre-implantation embryo. Using this method minimizes the need for labor-intensive embryo harvesting and transferring into pseudopregnant females.  

  • Technology: Gene Therapy, Research Tools, Animal Models
  • Applications: AAV, Gene editing

 

Innovation Topics: Gene Therapy, Research Tools, Animal Models, AAV, Gene editing