Adding to the towering mountain of research into new genetic base editing tools, a Chinese team have produced a TALENs single strand editing tool without the need of CRISPR Cas9 guiding sequences.
Their named CyDENT tool thus is RNA-free entirely, allowing for editing in both nuclear and organellar genomes.
Opening up yet more options for accurate gene editing in multiple cellular locations.
#Genetics #GeneEditing #TALENs #Science #Biochemistry #Scicomm
Non-allergenic food production is a big topic in current food science research.
Taking foods people are normally allergic to and making versions of them that are fine to eat.
Japanese researchers have developed chickens that make eggs without the ovomucoid (OVM) gene that is allergenic.
And now a safety check has found them to have no off-target or other concerns.
#Egg #Eggs #Chickens #Biology #Ovomucoid #Science #Allergy #Allergenic #Biotech #TALENs #Scicomm
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278691523001059?via%3Dihub
@welshpixie it also reminds me of that time I won a box of #Talens Panda oil pastels at the #Kunstbende art competition when I was a teenager.
When I came home and checked them out, I discovered it wasn't a set of different colours, no, it was a box full of the same shade of sea-green. xD
I got so disappointed, I don't think I've ever even tried using one of them. ;)
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