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

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

As the human population continues to explode, the need for efficient crop growth also expands. While there have been great strides in plant genetics and modification, there is still much to be learned ...

The EU has agreed allow certain foods altered using genetic engineering techniques to be sold without special labeling under ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Humanity's efforts to modify food plants is as old as farming itself, some 10,000 years. Before genetic engineering became possible, farmers have used simple selection inter- and ...

Genetic engineering is poised to help biopharma realize the potential benefits of commercial-scale, plant-based protein production, according to a leading researcher. The idea of making therapeutic ...

Europe’s firewall against genetic modification gets a major crack with a new deal on gene-edited crops. Crops tailor-made using new gene-splicing techniques should face fewer regulations than ...

Scientists from the University of Sheffield are investigating how plants can accelerate their own evolution through a process of "natural genetic engineering." Researchers from the University of ...

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Green MEP Martin Häusling warns that the Parliament's rapporteur is going rogue in her support for deregulation ...