Because of existing UN conventions and protocols, according to environmental law experts, a moratorium would have limited practical impact. For that reason, this debate feels like an era-defining ...

Scientists explore how plants can rapidly adapt to climate change through natural genetic engineering, revolutionising crop ...

Humans have been selectively breeding cats and dogs for thousands of years to make more desirable pets. A new startup called the Los Angeles Project aims to speed up that process with genetic ...

Researchers from the University of Sheffield are investigating how plants use "natural genetic engineering" to borrow genes ...

The carrot on your plate might seem like the most simple thing in the world – a hardy root that has nourished humans, from kings to peasants, for generations. But as humble as it seems, the common ...

With drug resistance, immune diseases and emerging infections ramping up the urgency for modern treatments, we need faster ways to turn new discoveries into better health care for patients and ...

Three UB projects have received funding to create new and innovative ways to educate and engage teachers and the public in genetics. The proposals are the first round of projects funded through the UB ...

Kenya: Leading biotechnology experts from public universities have urged the Government to allow the cultivation and consumption of locally developed genetically engineered crops. The scientists said ...

Jefferson Genetics Project: Jefferson Middle School AT Science student, Cordell Simmons, discusses his presentation on GMO salmon to teacher, Erin Knapp. “OncoMice are genetically modified to have an ...