The world’s largest network of environmental groups approved the exploration of genetic engineering tools to aid the ...

In 2024 alone, Kenya imported 309,300 metric tonnes of maize, an amount that could have been produced locally.

Iowa State University researchers have unlocked new secrets within the bacteria responsible for the creation of thousands of ...

The invention has made it onto TIME’s 2025 Best Inventions list, in the food and drink category, and would be the first new ...

Indigenous leaders say Free, Prior, and Informed Consent must guide decisions about synthetic conservation technologies on ...

Proponents of the use of synthetic biology say it could bring some species back from the brink of extinction and help fight ...

Since 2019, MIT researchers have published a new concept called prime editing, which is more precise than regular CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing. As a result, it has fewer off-target effects and less chance ...

Scientists are researching ways to genetically modify plants and animals to be more resistant to threats like climate change. The IUCN is voting on whether those species should be allowed in nature.

Humans can genetically modify plants and animals to be more resilient to climate change and disease. But the scientific community is divided about whether the tool should be put to use in nature.

From non-browning bananas to vitamin-enhanced tomatoes, here’s the genetically tweaked produce that could soon reach UK ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. The way the federal agents swarmed Jack Schubarth’s ranch in Montana on a ...

The continually expanding toolkit from Mohit Verma's laboratory at Purdue University now includes a portable, paper-based biosensor for identifying genetically modified (GM) corn and soybean. The GM ...