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On Saturday, November 11, 2023, the Citizens' Seminar was held online by the Frontier Development Program for Genome Editing, Hiroshima University, on the theme "Current Situation and Prospects of Genome Editing". The aim of the seminar was to widely disseminate information regarding research in the field of genome editing and share genome editing-related information with society to further stimulate social acceptance of the technology. More than 60 individuals attended the seminar.
At the commencement of the seminar, the outline of the Frontier Development Program for Genome Editing was introduced by the Program Coordinator, Professor YAMAMOTO Takashi.

In the seminar, Professor HORIUCHI Hiroyuki of the Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University gave a lecture entitled "The Fun and Fascination of the Science of Chickens", and discussed the relationship between immunity and allergies as well as the background of the creation of a gene-edited allergen-free chicken egg called the OVM-knockout. Following his lecture, five students of the Frontier Development Program for Genome Editing presented their research, which provided insights for their future research.