Scientists used CRISPR to boost the efficiency and digestibility of a fungus already known for its meatlike qualities. The ...

Using CRISPR gene editing technology, researchers from Jiangnan University in China took a fungus that is already used as a ...

The way the world grows protein is straining the planet. Raising animals for food covers close to 40 percent of all farmland, ...

A breakthrough study has just supercharged Fusarium venenatum (the fungus used in mycoprotein products like Quorn), turning ...

In a new study publishing November 19 in the Cell Press journal Trends in Biotechnology , researchers used a gene-editing ...

Deep in the irradiated ruins of Chernobyl, a black fungus appears to be not just surviving but thriving. Scientists now think ...

Amid the fractured concrete and lingering radiation of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, a microscopic lifeform has taken ...

CRISPR has turned a simple fungus into a fast-growing, meat-like protein source with impressively low environmental impact.

In a new study publishing November 19 in the Cell Press journal Trends in Biotechnology, researchers used a gene-editing technology called CRISPR to increase a fungus’s production efficiency and cut ...

A new study has researched a chemical compound derived from a unique caterpillar fungus known for its potential as a cancer treatment. This study has uncovered the intricate mechanisms by which this ...

Researchers at the University of Utah (U of U) Health report that a fungus that is a common cause of fungal meningitis undergoes a transformation once it enters the body, allowing it to infect the ...