Gene editing could make wheat safe for celiac sufferers

As the team note in their study, the problem lies with a protein component in gluten known as gliadins. Armed with CRISPR tech, they decided to go after the gliadins found in wheat. And, thus far they’ve managed to successfully snip out 35 of the 45 genes contained in the component. But, there’s still a …

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