Researchers have uncovered new patterns of DNA damage associated with specific chemotherapy drugs to guide cancer treatment for less effects.

News about Genetic Engineering, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Plants face simultaneous abiotic (drought, salinity, heat) and biotic (pathogens, pests) stresses in natural and agricultural ...

Mice who were created by scientists using the genetics of two biological fathers have gone on to have their own offspring ...

Skin study findings may help to explain why African ancestry is associated with a lower risk of severe dengue.

Researchers at DTU Biosustain (The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability at DTU) have developed a new tool that significantly accelerates and simplifies the genetic engineering of ...

Genetic engineering is the act of modifying the genetic makeup of an organism. Modifications can be generated by methods such as gene targeting, nuclear transplantation, transfection of synthetic ...

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White-rot fungi have the ability to naturally break down plastic waste, providing a long-term remedy for one of the most ...

Back in 2009, I wrote about a new company called 23andMe, which would take a sample of your DNA and tell you all sorts of interesting stuff about yourself.

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