Researchers are using gene editing techniques to introduce beneficial traits like polled and disease resistance, as well as ...

Pro: It could help treat a number of diseases Turning to genetic modification could be a solution for a number of genetic diseases including sickle cell anemia, muscular dystrophy and cancer.

Scientists have identified genes that control tomato and eggplant size, paving the way for bigger, tastier, and more ...

Genetically modified organisms are controversial in a way that selective breeding — which is a kind of analog genetic modification — is not. Groups that oppose the release into nature of GMOs ...

It may be indigenous to the Americas and Australia, but it is a resilient plant and can be grown all over the world. Thanks ...

Information on hazards to human health related to food animals developed using heritable genetic modification techniques; Information on hazards to the health of the target food animal species ...

“The paper is a really very nice breakthrough. It’s the first instance where it has been possible to demonstrate that, by improving the efficiency of photosynthesis, there is an increase in yield ...

Scientists endeavoring to “de-extinct” woolly mammoths through genetic modification have taken a meaningful step toward achieving their goal.

"Traditional plant breeding and genetic modification take many generations to produce a new crop variety, which is time-consuming and expensive," Professor Carroll said. "We have succeeded in ...

High genetic susceptibility to type 2 diabetes is associated with higher atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk and ≤1 h/d of television viewing has substantially lower risk of atherosclerotic ...

If successful, the genetic modification developed by the Transmission Zero team could provide a long-term solution by ...