CRISPR chocolate? Gene editing boosts cacao trees’ disease resistance – Genetic Literacy Project
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CRISPR chocolate? Gene editing boosts cacao trees’ disease resistance
Genetic Literacy Project Use of the powerful gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 could help to breed cacao trees that exhibit desirable traits such as enhanced resistance to diseases, according to Penn State plant scientists. … The researchers reported recently, in Frontiers in … Cacao Trees Edited by CRISPR Could Boost Chocolate SupplyTechnology Networks CRISPR: 3 Strong Buy Biotechs Trying To Edit Our GenesNasdaq Cocoa CRISPR: Gene editing shows promise for improving the …domain-B BreakingNews.ie all 12 news articles » |
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CRISPR’s swiftest and most promising application might be food
Genetic Literacy Project But CRISPR’s most promising application might not be in health care. It might be in food. Before CRISPR, adding a trait like insect resistance to a plant was imprecise, slow, and costly. Traditional breeding methods introduce unwanted characteristics … |
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Dental stem cells: Banking on an unpredictable future
WBAY You’ve probably heard of cord blood banking, where families save stem cells from a baby’s umbilical cord. Now there’s a new way to do it with teeth. It’s called dental stem cell banking. “I have a 14-, 16-, 17-, 19- and 22-year-old,” Rau said. “My … |
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Celebrating The Moms of Gene Therapy
PLoS Blogs (blog) As Mother’s Day and the annual meeting of the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy approach, I’d like to update the stories of some of the moms I’ve written about, and introduce a new friend with perhaps the most astonishing gene therapy … |