A majority of EU member states have spoken out in favour of less stringent genetic engineering rules, the EU Council ...

Imagine a world where bacteria, typically feared for causing disease, are turned into powerful weapons against cancer. That’s ...

GEN editors discuss both the news and history of DNA and genetic engineering in this episode of the Touching Base Podcast.

Researchers have genetically engineered microbes to produce a strong, flexible plastic similar to nylon for the first time.

Farmers should be aware that overusing Bt corn can be problematic, according to an analysis of data covering 12 years and 10 ...

To protect thousands of varieties of Mexico's prized heirloom corn, leaders vote to amend the constitution to ban the ...

Researchers are using gene editing techniques to introduce beneficial traits like polled and disease resistance, as well as ...

Johns Hopkins Medicine laboratory scientists say they have developed a potential new way to treat a variety of rare genetic ...

To protect thousands of varieties of heirloom corn, Mexican leaders have amended the constitution to ban the planting of ...

Genetic engineering is the act of modifying the genetic makeup of an organism. Modifications can be generated by methods such as gene targeting, nuclear transplantation, transfection of synthetic ...

In a major win for small-scale food farmers in Kenya, “the Kenya Court of Appeal blocked the Kenyan government from importing ...

Colossal Biosciences, a Dallas-based biotechnology and genetic engineering startup valued at $10 billion, has raised $435 ...