Magdy Mahfouz

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PrimeStack tool writes large gene cargos into rice at precise sites

Led the group that developed the platform

For three decades, adding a gene to a crop meant random insertion and hoping it landed somewhere harmless. PrimeStack replaces that lottery. It writes multikilobase gene cassettes into predefined 'safe harbor' spots in the rice genome, at up to 45% efficiency—about seven times the prior best.

Updated Oct 30