Perfecting prime editing: achieving precise edits in dicots
Niaz Ahmad1, Muhammad Jawad Akbar Awan1, Imran Amin1
1Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering College, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (NIBGE-C, PIEAS), Jhang Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Trends in Plant Science
|January 3, 2025
Abstract:
Prime editing (PE), a precise CRISPR-based method, has worked well in some plants but faces challenges in dicots. Vu and colleagues developed new PE tools that greatly improve PE efficiency in dicots, enabling accurate, heritable genome edits. This advance marks a breakthrough that could revolutionize crop improvement and plant biotechnology.


