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TALEs (transcription activator-like effectors) are transcription factors from the plant pathogen Xanthomonas that can be readily engineered to bind new DNA sequences of interest. Miller et al. use a truncated TALE linked to a nuclease domain to edit and regulate endogenous genes in human cells.