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Engineered Plant Immune Receptors Turn Viral Proteases Into Suicide Switches
Researchers have engineered plant immune receptors so that viral proteases trigger a suicidal response in infected cells, halting virus spread. By converting the pathogen's own infection machinery into a self-destruct signal, the approach could open new routes for engineering broad virus resistance in crops, though details of the study and its field applicability remain limited.
Why now: The novel strategy of hijacking a virus's own protease to activate plant immunity is a striking advance in crop biotechnology
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