It’s astonishing that genetic modification remains a market access issue in some parts of the world, 30 years after Canadian farmers began growing crops developed with the plant breeding technique.

A blight in the early 1900s nearly wiped out the American chestnut tree, once a staple food source and building material. Farmers are now planting blight-resistant hybrid chestnut trees in an effort ...

Institute of Agrobiological Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan Introduction: Copy number variation (CNV) is one of the crucial elements among ...

Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States Haploid frailty (HF), the reduced vigour of haploids compared to their diploid counterparts, limits the efficiency of doubled ...

Should we genetically modify wild lions? Of course not, might be your instant response. But what if lions were being wiped out by a devastating disease introduced by people? What if the genetic change ...

When you see the word organic on a label, it's easy to assume it means healthier, safer or more sustainable, but the truth is more nuanced. Organic food is defined by how it's produced, not ...

Jane Goodall, a primatologist and ethologist known worldwide for chronicling the life of chimpanzees in East Africa, died on October 1 at the age of 91. Goodall died of natural causes in Los Angeles ...

Professor A Floriaan Schmidt, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, Faculty of Population Health Sciences. Professor Jean-Baptiste Pingault, Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health ...