Calyxt Successfully Transforms Hemp Genome

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Calyxt is leveraging its proprietary plant transformation technologies to accelerate hemp innovation and is exploring collaboration opportunities with partners looking to leverage our technology to add to their programs in hemp.”   This transformation technology enables future advancements in hemp such as trait delivery, gene editing and advanced plant breeding and is expected to accelerate hemp variety development. Roseville, MN – Press Release – April 29, 2021 – Calyxt, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLXT), a plant-based technology company, announced today that it has successfully transformed hemp genome, enabling a step-change in innovation approaches in the species. Hemp, a historically non-domesticated crop, has been out of reach by U.S. farmers and seed breeders for nearly 80 years. This transformation opens the door to other advancements in hemp through gene editing.” Calyxt’s first efforts are focused on standardizing the crop for broad-acre adoption, reduced risk hemp production and modernizing the breeding process.

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Roseville, MN – Press Release – April 29, 2021 – Calyxt, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLXT), a plant-based technology company, announced today that it has successfully transformed hemp genome, enabling a step-change in innovation approaches in the species. This transformation technology enables future advancements in hemp such as trait delivery, gene editing and advanced plant breeding and is expected to accelerate hemp variety development.

Hemp, a historically non-domesticated crop, has been out of reach by U.S. farmers and seed breeders for nearly 80 years. Now, Calyxt is enabling improvements in identified...

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