Gluten allergy? Technology could lead to celiac-safe wheat

Gluten allergy? Technology could lead to celiac-safe wheat

Kansas State University researchers and the state’s farmers are putting their collective support behind a project to reduce the allergenicity of gluten in wheat, while maintaining the grain’s ability for bread and other products.

Researchers aim to reduce gluten allergenicity in wheat

Technology could lead to celiac-safe wheat without sacrificing bread quality Kansas State University researchers and the state’s farmers are putting their collective support behind a project to reduce the allergenicity of gluten in wheat, while maintaining the grain’s ability for bread and other products. Eduard Akhunov, a University Distinguished Professor in K-State’s Department of Plant Pathology, said his team is identifying proteins in the …