A team made a new tool. The tool is called RiSpy. It helps find special rice plants. The rice plants have changes in their genes. Scientists call this genome editing. The tool is like a fingerprint for rice. Each rice plant has its own pattern. RiSpy can read this pattern. The tool tells scientists which rice has edits. It works very fast. It works with many types of rice.
The team works at Sciensano. They work with other groups too. One group is from CIRAD. Another group is from DARWIN. They also work with Ghent University. Many smart people worked together on this project. The tool is now free for everyone to use. Scientists can use it online without paying. Other people can also use it. This helps many researchers around the world.
Scientists published their work in a journal. The journal is called Briefings in Bioinformatics. This is a place where scientists share new ideas. The team wants to help farmers grow better rice. Genome editing can make rice stronger. It can help rice grow in hard places. It can help rice fight disease. RiSpy makes it easy to find the right rice plants for these jobs.
Sources: phys.org
The words in bold are from the article.
| 1. tool | a. locates |
| 2. finds | b. functions |
| 3. changes | c. edits |
| 4. works | d. more resistant |
| 5. free | e. at no cost |
| 6. helps | f. simple |
| 7. share | g. give |
| 8. grow | h. program |
| 9. stronger | i. assists |
| 10. easy | j. develop |
1.h 2.a 3.c 4.b 5.e 6.i 7.g 8.j 9.d 10.f