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Genetic design automation for autonomous formation of multicellular shapes from a single cell progenitor

Appleton, E.; Mehdipour, N.; Daifuku, T.; Briers, D.; Haghighi, I.; Moret, M.; Chao, G.; Wannier, T.; Chiappino-Pepe, A.; Belta, C.; Church, G. M.

2019-10-16 synthetic biology
10.1101/807107 bioRxiv
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AO_SCPLOWBSTRACTC_SCPLOWMulti-cellular organisms originate from a single cell, ultimately giving rise to mature organisms of heterogeneous cell type composition in complex structures. Recent work in the areas of stem cell biology and tissue engineering have laid major groundwork in the ability to convert certain types of cells into other types, but there has been limited progress in the ability to control the morphology of cellular masses as they grow. Contemporary approaches to this problem have included the use of artificial scaffolds, 3D bioprinting, and complex media formulations, however, there are no existing approaches to controlling this process purely through genetics and from a single-cell starting point. Here we describe a computer-aided design approach for designing recombinase-based genetic circuits for controlling the formation of multi-cellular masses into arbitrary shapes in human cells.

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