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Latest News:
May 1, 2012
2Blades is pleased to announce completion of a non-exclusive license agreement with Bayer CropScience for the TAL code genome engineering technology.
April 16, 2012
Monsanto has completed a non-exclusive license with 2Blades for commercial uses of the TAL
Code technology in plants. Improvements to the technology will be granted back for 2Blades' humanitarian projects benefiting subsistence farming.
March 19, 2012
Services for TAL effector-based research tools were launched today by Life Technologies.
Press release from Life Technologies
January 16, 2012
2Blades announces the signing of a non-exclusive license for the TAL Code technology to Syngenta for commercial uses in crop plants. Syngenta will grant 2Blades access to its improvements to the technology for use in 2Blades’ humanitarian efforts to support subsistence farming.
June 10, 2011
2Blades announces the licensing of the plant rights for the TAL Effector Code to Life Technologies for research tool applications. The exclusive license, made jointly with the technology inventors, will enable Life Technologies to develop research tools for all applications, as well as for commercial non-plant uses. 2Blades retains the rights for commercial applications in plants and green algae and intends to make licenses broadly available.
Press release from Life Technologies
August 1, 2010
2Blades is delighted to announce the addition of Jim Carrington to our Science Advisory Board.
March 15, 2010
New defenses deployed against plant diseases:
http://www.tsl.ac.uk/czpressrelease.html
July 20, 2009
2Blades and The Sainsbury Laboratory partner to enhance the translation of fundamental discoveries in plant-pathogen interactions into practical applications in the field:
http://www.tsl.ac.uk/pressrelease.html

