While not directly tied to the U.S.-Sino trade war, the push to grow more GM corn could reduce China's need for imports, giving Beijing a new lever in its tariff battle with President Donald Trump.

Emma Weston joined the clinical trial after running out of treatment options. For two years, she's been cancer free.

People with diseases caused by rare mutations have fewer options and poorer prospects than other patients despite rapid ...

UC San Diego researchers say genetically-enhanced crops of plants featuring enlarged roots present an opportunity for society ...

The New Zealand government’s Gene Technology Bill is in breach of the directives of the Aarhus Convention to consult the ...

Thorrold gives an example of a “stunning piece of science” from Crown Research Institute, AgResearch. A ryegrass gene which produces more lipid – or more fat – has been stabilised. This could result ...

A team was able to edit the DNA of Lactobacillus strains directly without a template from other organisms. This technique is indistinguishable from natural variation and enabled the researchers to ...

Preetika Rana is an award-winning reporter for The Wall Street Journal in San Francisco with experience reporting from six ...

The attempted creation of dire wolves could undermine conservation efforts by making people think extinct species can be ...

Heritable Genetic Modification in Food Animals, a new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences ...

Dire wolves share ancestry with modern-day dogs, which scientists have already studied and gathered data on extensively.