Cellectis has negotiated an exclusive license to a targeted genome-engineering technology developed by researchers at the University of Minnesota and Iowa State University. The license deal gives Cellectis rights to all uses of the transcription activator-like (TAL) effector IP in all fields. It claims the technology will complement its own meganuclease platform for genome engineering. "Our teams are already leveraging this new technology, and the first research reagents based on it are expected to come onto the market within 12 months," notes André Choulika, Cellectis CEO.