Scientists are experimenting with various methods of genetic engineering to make crops more resilient, enabling better food security for everyone. AZo Cleantech reported on the strategies scientists ...

The Canadian government's recent approval of the first gene-edited animal to enter the food system has reignited debates over ...

Over millennia, there has been a seamless continuum of technologies for genetic modification of plants, animals, and microorganisms, with progressive improvements in precision and predictability – a ...

Modified CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing scissors are enabling researchers to make alterations to the genetic material of single-cell organisms that are indistinguishable from natural mutations. This method ...

Bacteria possess unique traits with great potential for benefiting society. However, current genetic engineering methods to harness these advantages are limited to a small fraction of bacterial ...

Bacteria possess unique traits with great potential for benefiting society. However, current genetic engineering methods to harness these advantages are limited to a small fraction of bacterial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sign with the inscription "Genfood" stands symbolically in front of a genetically modified corn cob. Patrick Pleul/dpa A ...

FOR more than 50 years, biologists have been genetically engineering organisms in increasingly precise ways. From the early, crude methods of the 1960s and 1970s, to the modern “gene editing” ...