DuPont to Use Precision’s Nuclease Editing Technology in Crop Development

Feb 11, 2008

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – DuPont has struck a collaboration agreement giving it rights to use Precision Biosciences’ Directed Nuclease Editor technology in its agricultural engineering programs, DuPont said today.

DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred plans to use the DNE technology to manipulate genes that can help speed development in corn, soybeans, and other agricultural crops.

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