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Precision BioSciences and DuPont Pioneer today announced that The
Plant Journal has published an article detailing collaborative
cutting-edge research to generate male-sterile corn plants. Researchers
at Pioneer used Precision's advanced genome engineering technology,
called DNE, to “knockout” or disable the function of the ms26
gene in corn. Knocking out this gene has enabled Pioneer to produce corn
plants that are male-sterile, a powerful tool for hybrid seed production.
The article further details how the Precision and Pioneer research teams
were able to optimize a DNE gene-editing tool to maximize its efficiency
in corn. This optimization process, which involves modulating the
DNA-cutting activity of a gene-editing enzyme, can only be performed
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