Thermo Fisher Scientific and Danaher are projecting that their sales to academic and government (A&G) customers will shrink ...

In the run up to the key votes and debates on synthetic biology at the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Congress in Abu Dhabi (9–15 October), IUCN will be hosting online ...

A research team has decoded the genome of historic potato cultivars and used this resource to develop an efficient method for analysis of hundreds of additional potato genomes.

As the global population grows, the demand for food and energy is increasing even as extreme weather events make crops more ...

The American genetic engineering firm Colossal Biosciences recently announced to much fanfare it had "de-extincted" the dire ...

Colossal Biosciences, an American biotechnology company, announced the "de-extinction" of the dire wolf, a prehistoric wolf ...

A new family of enzymes enables precise cuts in single-stranded DNA, offering powerful new tools for genetic engineering and ...

“In Jurassic Park, the triceratops gets sick eating plants that hadn’t evolved when it lived ... with RS said they were ...

Scientific Resurrection Even before the dawn of civilization, many species went extinct, usually from a mix of climate warming at the end of the Ice Age, and over-hunting or competition with early ...

They are gray wolves with a few cosmetic tweaks. In this light, the project represents a remarkable demonstration of genetic engineering, rather than a literal revival of an extinct species. That said ...