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IT Home reported on August 16 that the official WeChat account of Shenbi Biotechnology published a blog post on August 4, saying that its R&D team had gone through 532 technical iterations.The first gene-edited high-brightness night-time self-luminous plant in China was successfully developed.

Creating the magical glowing plants in the movie "Avatar"

Li Renhan, the head of the research team, said in an interview with China News Service that the team used gene editing technology to introduce the luminescent genes of organisms such as fireflies and luminous mushrooms into plant cells, allowing the plants to emit high-brightness light visible to the naked eye at night.Create magical glowing plants similar to the movie "Avatar"。

The team also optimized the enzymes in the reaction process to improve their efficiency, superimposed multiple genes, changed some restrictive genes of the plant itself, and successfully integrated and transformed more than 20 endogenous and heterologous genes, creating the country's first high-brightness autonomous luminous plant.

Brightness far exceeds existing international standards

Compared with similar foreign products that require a high-sensitivity camera to expose for a long time (at least 30 seconds) to capture the faint light, our self-luminous plants do not require any exposure assistance in a dark environment, and their brightness far exceeds the existing international standards and is dazzling. IT Home attaches the following relevant pictures:

Application prospects

• Imagine using this amazing plant as a bedside night light, giving you a soft and warm glow

• In municipal greening, they will become a dazzling embellishment of the city's night view.

• In the future, they may even become fantastical landscapes in Avatar theme parks, making visitors feel as if they are in a fantasy world.

The above pictures are all from the Shenbi Biology official account