Research Program with Potential for Dual Use (IMAGE)

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Research Program with Potential for Dual Use

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The program aims to develop virus-transmitting insects that infest crops. With teh help of the genome editing tool Crispr-Cas the viruses can modify the plants' genomes.

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D. Caetano-Anolles

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