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Protein Splicing & Ligation Technology Development

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Federal

Response Deadline07/31/2026, 12:00:00 PM UTC

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Department Of Defense → Defense Advanced Research Projects AgcyView Agency

NAICS

541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)View NAICS

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VA

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PostedJul 20

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Response DeadlineJul 31

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Research and development of novel enzymatic or synthetic methods for precise splicing and ligation of endogenous proteins to enable functional editing without gene-level modifications.

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