Allergy-Free Eggs Created at Hiroshima University
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Researchers from Hiroshima University have engineered a chicken egg with the potential to be a healthy substitute for those with egg white allergies. This modified egg, called “OVM-Knockout”, has been created using genome editing technology to avoid the protein responsible for the allergy, ovomucoid, resulting in an allergy-reduced egg. The team has already determined OVM-knockout eggs to be safe in heat-processed foods but are conducting further studies to ensure safety standards are met.