India's First Gene-Edited Sheep Born

Key Points

• 1A Kashmir Merino, India’s first gene-edited sheep, was born in a Srinagar lab.
• 2The myostatin gene was edited to increase the sheep's muscle mass by 30%.
• 3The team used CRISPR-Cas9 technology.
• 4The gene-edited sheep is now a healthy six-month-old.
• 5The lab is working on another gene edit (FGF5) to improve the fibre quality of sheep.
• 6The researchers are preparing for transgenics, which will help to produce proteins of therapeutic importance.