Biotech Updates

Dow Agrosciences, Sangamo Biosciences Announce New Milestone In Crops Development

July 20, 2007

Dow AgroSciences LLC and Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. have announced the successful application of Sangamo’s zinc finger DNA-binding protein (ZFP) technology to the generation of specific traits in two major crop species - maize and canola. “Our ZFP technology can be used to specifically regulate and modify genes,” said Philip Gregory, D. Phil., Sangamo’s vice president of research. “This technology has the unique advantage of generating the desired trait outcomes without needing to be permanently present in the modified cells.

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