The genetic code is the recipe for life, and provides the instructions for how to make proteins, generally using just 20 ...

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Higher yields, greater resilience to climatic changes or diseases—the demands on crop plants are constantly growing. To ...

The return of the long-extinct wooly mammoth or dodo bird may sound like a storyline straight out of science fiction. It’s not. Several de-extinction projects all share an ambitious aim to resurrect ...

The Apple computer was invented in a garage. Same with the Google search engine. Now, tinkerers are working at home with the basic building blocks of life itself. Using homemade lab equipment and the ...

A new study reports that political discussions about genetically modified foods have ignored concerns among Danes that GM foods are 'unnatural'. While a many Danes question whether genetically ...

Genetic engineering is poised to help biopharma realize the potential benefits of commercial-scale, plant-based protein production, according to a leading researcher. The idea of making therapeutic ...

Trans-Pacific View author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into the U.S. Asia policy. This ...

Genetically engineered (GE) crops are often discussed as the way to feed the world's growing populations and to mitigate the affects of climate change. But the spreading of those same genetically ...

As Earth's climate warms and changes, sustainable agricultural practices are critical for feeding a rapidly growing population. Can we genetically engineer crops to adapt to drought and other effects ...

Extracellular bacteria are free-living organisms, whereas facultative intracellular bacteria replicate either inside eukaryotic host cells or in an environmental niche. Genetic tools for the ...