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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...