UK's GM Pioneers Laud Easing of Gene Editing Rules |
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Pioneers of genetic engineering in the United Kingdom Professors Johnathan Napier and Nigel Halford are celebrating the relaxing of rules about gene editing in the UK. As new regulations governing genome-edited field trials in the UK came into effect on April 11, 2022, the two scientists who were part of the vanguard of GM research in the 1980s have hailed it as “historic”.
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Protein To Improve Grain Yield in Both Maize and Rice Identified |
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Researchers were able to identify a protein that regulates a quantitative trait locus that has the potential to increase kernel row number in maize ears and grain number per rice plant. They did this by comparing a specific genetic region in each plant and the results could provide opportunities for developing improved crops with enhanced production.
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