Abstract: Described in several example embodiments herein are soybean plants and soybeans having one or more KTI genes having reduced or eliminated expression and/or activity thereby resulting soybean plants and soybeans having reduced or eliminated trypsin inhibition. In some embodiments, the soybean plants and soybeans are engineered to have one or more modified KTI genes. Also described herein are methods of making, growing, and using the soybean plants and soybeans described herein.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a bifunctional composite membrane, a preparation method and use thereof, and a method for removing a plasticizer in liquor. The bifunctional composite membrane includes a supporting membrane and a dense layer which covers a surface of the supporting membrane, wherein the supporting membrane includes a filtering membrane and an adsorbent, and the adsorbent is dispersed in a pore structure of the filtering membrane.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a composition comprising a purified or isolated Hyde1 gene product, or a functional fragment thereof; a modified host cell capable of expressing a Type VI secretion system (T6SS), Hyde1, and/or Hyde2, or a functional fragment thereof; a method of treating a disease caused all or in part by a bacterial cell, comprising administering a composition of the present invention to a subject in need thereof; and a method to limit or reduce growth of a pathogenic bacteria in an environment, comprising: introducing a non-pathogenic bacterial capable of expressing a Type VI secretion system (T6SS), Hyde1, and/or Hyde2, or functional fragment thereof, to an environment.