Hate injections? Scientists have discovered a way of turning the humble banana into a life saving vaccine. An engineered part of a virus is injected into the fruit where it multiplies thousands of ...

Genetic engineering is the transfer of DNA between organisms using biotechnology. Check your understanding of the process with this interactive quiz. Revise the different stages of genetic engineering ...

Gene editing is a form of genetic modification and is the process by which the DNA sequence of an organism is modified or deleted. This is normally carried out to obtain desirable effects, such as the ...

An extensive study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has found that new technologies in genetic engineering and conventional breeding are blurring the once clear ...

Researchers at Cranfield University are working on a new project to speed up genetic engineering in plants, accelerating innovations that will improve crops around the world. Focusing on the tomato ...

Researchers in California are working to genetically engineer the cow microbiome — and in the process, eliminate methane emissions. DAVIS, Calif. — Sushi, a four-week-old Holstein calf, was lying in a ...

For some, a new cutting-edge technology called gene drive is the silver bullet able to wipe out invasive species decimating island wildlife, and eradicate the malaria-bearing mosquitos that killed ...