While
the genome editing capabilities without cultured primordial germ - cells is limited and a slower process, the optimization of methods for handling embryos and caring for engineered birds will be instrumental to an efficient de-extinction program as well as genetic rescue of other birds with similar parenting behaviors to pigeons.
Not exact matches
This gives us greater
capability, enabling us to tune the machinery and also turn it on or off with chemicals, which has important implications for regulating the
genome editing process.»
He pointed out that the new
capabilities to precisely
edit the
genome has sparked off an intense debate in the USA and elsewhere, since the new precision tools could also be applied to modifying the
genome in human germ cells or embryos.
His lab is leading the world in bringing new
capabilities to everyone's favorite
genome editing tool, CRISPR Cas9.