gene

Novel gene resists toxic wheat disease that costs billions

PULLMAN, Wash. – Scientists at Washington State University and Kansas State University have isolated and cloned a gene that provides resistance to Fusarium head blight, or wheat scab, a crippling disease that caused $7.6 billion in losses in U.S. wheat fields between 1993 and 2001.

Licensing deal will help Genus combat deadly cattle disease

PULLMAN, Wash. – A gene editing technology developed at Washington State University is being licensed to Genus plc, a global animal genetics company, to develop cattle that are more resistant to bovine respiratory disease (BRD).

Diet/gene breakthrough

Photo: John McNamara and Jennifer Sumner in WSU Pullman’s Knott Dairy Center. (Photo by Becky Phillips) In the first study to show that a specific nutrient could alter the expression of genes in the body fat of dairy cattle, John McNamara and Jennifer Sumner have raised the bar for animal production standards while adding to […]