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Mexico approves world's first RNA-based fungicide

Leading Oifirax commercialization

Mexican grape growers now have the world's first commercially approved RNA-based fungicide. Oifirax, developed by U.S. biotech GreenLight Biosciences, uses double-stranded RNA to silence the CYP51 gene the powdery mildew fungus needs to make ergosterol, a component of fungal cell membranes.

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The reason Mexico decided to approve the first nucleic-acid-based biofungicide in the world is to replace these chemicals whose safety profile we don't know with something we know is effective for our farmers and safe for our children and grandchildren.

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This is the promise of biotechnology that today has become a reality in our country.

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