Gene Editing Supplement

Members of the French Plant Biotechnology Association (AFBV) call for a general mobilization of public and private research across Europe to ensure plant variety adaptation to climate change. The AFBV considers using new plant biotechnologies, including genome editing, as necessary for the success of this adaptation plan not only to ensure food security but also to address the impacts of climate change.

Regulatory Frameworks Among Factors that Affect Genome Editing Adoption, According to Experts

After conducting interviews and surveys from participants in different regions across the globe, biotech experts from the University of Edinburgh and the International Livestock Research Institute were able to determine that a global consensus and harmonization of regulatory frameworks by different countries are important to avoid regulatory bottlenecks and disruptions in global trade of genome-edited products.

Targetted Editing of Bacterial Leaf Blight Susceptible Gene in Rice

A team of researchers at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India, used the CRISPR tool for target editing of OsSWEET13, a bacterial leaf blight (BLB) susceptible gene in rice. Their findings are published in the Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding.

Experts Combine the Power of CRISPR and Spherical Nucleic Acids for Therapeutics

A group of scientists at Northwestern University developed a way to transform the Cas9 protein into a spherical nucleic acid (SNA) and load it with vital components for accessing an extensive range of tissue and cell types, as well as the intracellular compartments essential for gene editing. The research paper is published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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Regulatory Frameworks Among Factors that Affect Genome Editing Adoption, According to Experts

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