{"id":5267,"date":"2020-05-27T14:33:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T13:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=5267"},"modified":"2020-05-28T08:41:50","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T07:41:50","slug":"exchanging-genes-for-the-first-time-using-crispr-cas-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/exchanging-genes-for-the-first-time-using-crispr-cas-technology\/5267\/","title":{"rendered":"Exchanging genes for the first time using CRISPR\/Cas technology"},"content":{"rendered":"
As reported in Nature Plants<\/em><\/a>, a team from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology<\/a> (KIT) and the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) has developed molecular scissors using CRISPR\/Cas technology. This new development functions as a fine surgical instrument and can be used to modify genetic information<\/a> in plants.<\/p>\n Molecular biologist Professor Holger Puchta has dedicated his studies to discovering how plants can be cultivated more quickly and more precisely. For his CRISBREED project<\/a>, Puchta received an Advanced Grant of the European Research Council (ERC) in the amount of \u20ac2.5m.<\/p>\n Puchta is considered a pioneer of genome editing. He uses molecular scissors to modify the DNA that carries the genetic information in crops. With the help of this new CRISPR\/Cas technology, genes can be removed, inserted, or exchanged easily.<\/p>\nA pioneer of genome editing<\/h3>\n