Explore CRISPR technology explained, gene editing science, DNA modification, and genetic engineering ethics—discover how ...

A global health group breaks down exactly where the promise lies in using genetically modified mosquitoes to eliminate ...

Earlier this year, researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn created a first-of-its-kind drug customized to a unique genetic mutation to save an infant named Baby KJ from dying of a ...

An individual's genetic tendency for elevated levels of a key protein in the blood signal a heightened risk for developing Alzheimer's disease, according to new research.

RNA from an exceptionally well preserved woolly mammoth gives us a window on gene activity in an animal that died nearly ...

Insects that feed on starch can find veritable feasts in corn, pea, and bean crops or warehouses. It is no coincidence that the ancestors of these commercial plants developed α-amylase inhibitor ...

The modern era of biobased innovation was catalyzed by policy action. In 1999, President Bill Clinton issued Executive Order ...

A team from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology has discovered a new class of bacterial mobile genetic elements that use giant viruses—known as jumbo phages—to move between cells. The ...

On October 31, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided a case challenging the United States Department of Agriculture's ("USDA") mandatory ...

At an international conference, researchers at the forefront of animal-human transplantation compared notes and allowed ...

Researchers open up plant chloroplasts for high-throughput screening for the first time, enabling faster development of more ...

Many plants including cocoa, coffee and avocado cannot be gene-edited but a technique involving grafting could change that, ...