Graduate student Arjun Ojha Kshetry and colleagues combined two key genes: WIND1, which reprograms cells near a wound, and ...

Researchers have developed a synthetic regeneration system for genetically editing crops, avoiding the challenging step of ...

As Earth's climate warms and changes, sustainable agricultural practices are critical for feeding a rapidly growing population. Can we genetically engineer crops to adapt to drought and other effects ...

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Current approaches for triggering safety testing of genetically engineered (GE) crops vary substantially among countries and generally lack scientific merit, argued researchers in a new Science ...

The authors also recognize that the maintenance of a variety of wheat strains was absolutely essential to their ability to identify resistant strains and thus the resistance genes. As such, they state ...

Texas Tech scientists have developed a novel acceleration technique for crop creation. The breakthrough was created by the ...

Discover how a novel acceleration technique allows for the creation of transgenic and gene-edited crops without tissue culture.

A high-stakes food fight in California is getting more heated. A proposal to require labeling of foods with genetically engineered ingredients has qualified to appear on the state ballot Nov. 6. That ...

The transplanted portion of the genetically modified pig liver was removed after 38 days, and the patient, who had advanced liver cancer and cirrhosis, died several months later. By Roni Caryn Rabin ...