Cibus achieves world-first regeneration of wheat plants from single cells; enables scalable gene editing in wheat

Cibus, Inc.

• Successfully regenerated wheat plants from single cells; milestone achieved a year ahead of schedule.
• Wheat becomes third crop (after canola and rice) for Cibus' Trait Machine System high-throughput breeding platform.
• Plans to develop traits for disease resistance and nitrogen use efficiency in wheat; could reduce fungicide use and carbon footprint.
• Potential to address wheat quality traits such as reducing or eliminating gluten allergens.
• Major breakthrough opens scalable gene editing for a key global crop responsible for a fifth of human caloric intake.