Genetic engineering is moving from the lab bench into clinics, farms, and even family planning decisions, promising to change ...

Higher yields, greater resilience to climatic changes or diseases—the demands on crop plants are constantly growing. To ...

The genetic code is the recipe for life, and provides the instructions for how to make proteins, generally using just 20 ...

Gene-edited crops are no safer than GMOs, and fast-tracking regulatory approval could trigger a costly backlash.

Discover how scientists are harnessing the power of CRISPR to precisely edit DNA, revolutionizing medicine and ethics as they rewrite the very code of life. Pixabay, PublicDomainPictures CRISPR ...

No doubt the New Zealand Gene Technology Bill, currently awaiting its Second Reading, which will liberalise decisions about gene technology experiments and place them in the hands of a single ...

A UC Berkeley biochemistry PhD and gene editing expert has launched a new effort in the field of genetic engineering on human embryos as a way to prevent disease before birth.

As the climate changes, genetic engineering will be essential for growing food. But is it creating a race of superweeds? On a languid, damp July morning, I meet weed scientist Aaron Hager outside the ...

Rob Reynish asks readers to look behind the political labels to what science can do to keep our food industries from falling ...