Hornworts, a group of small and often overlooked plants, may hold the key to revolutionizing agriculture and combating ...

Cyanobacteria began contributing oxygen to Earth's mostly noxious atmosphere more than 2 billion years ago. The photosystem ...

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 ...

Instead of relying on cows to produce casein, the essential protein responsible for milk’s structure and cheese-making ...

An example is genetically engineered papaya plants in Hawaii, which are resistant to papaya ringspot virus. In the future researchers are hoping to use genetic engineering to be able to overcome ...

The genome of the yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae was finally synthesized and for the first time ever scientists have created ...

Scientists at UC Santa Cruz have completed the first end-to-end genome of the iconic Pacific banana slug, a species ...

A PAT roadmap should address data analysis, aggregation, visualization, and the smart utility of those data for greater process understanding.

This process enhances the plant or animal’s ability to survive ... Unlike traditional genetic engineering, which introduces foreign genes from other organisms, CRISPR works only with the ...

Metabolic engineering is the use of genetic engineering to modify the metabolism ... most commonly in bacteria, yeast or plants, with the goal of high-yield production of specific metabolites ...

Feb. 6, 2025 — A study has identified key genetic pathways in corn that help its roots branch out to find water in soil; the varieties adapted to temperate regions like the U.S. corn belt showed ...