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

Brazilian Fish has set out its plans to use the latest genetic technology to improve its farmed tilapia, with the help of US ...

Genetic factors are thought to play a major role in the development of autism – but for decades what they are has proven elusive. Now scientists are starting to uncover clues.

The prospects for a one-time treatment that reduces the risk of heart disease for the rest of a person’s life just got ...

DNA is often seen as the blueprint of life—carrying the code to govern the development and traits of an organism—but “there ...

A few years ago, the advent of technology known as CRISPR was a major breakthrough in the scientific world. Developed from a ...

A company recently claimed it revived an extinct species, launching a debate across scientific and conservation communities.

Member of legislation scrutiny committee exposes UK farm ministry’s manipulation of data to give impression that the public supports gene-edited food. Report: Claire Robinson ...

A consortium of EU-based scientists and bioethicists raise concerns about the implications and threats of artificial ...

Investigators have developed STITCHR, a new gene editing tool that can insert therapeutic genes into specific locations without causing unwanted mutations. The system can be formulated completely as ...