Genetic engineering is moving from the lab bench into clinics, farms, and even family planning decisions, promising to change ...

The EU has agreed allow certain foods altered using genetic engineering techniques to be sold without special labeling under ...

What are Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)? Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are living organisms whose genetic material (DNA) has been artificially manipulated through genetic engineering ...

Could cow milk be the new cure for diabetes? Researchers have genetically modified a brown cow in Brazil to produce human insulin in its milk, which marks a breakthrough in diabetes treatment research ...

Technologies needed for tracing engineered biothreats back to their sources are advancing rapidly. Here are some ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Humanity's efforts to modify food plants is as old as farming itself, some 10,000 years. Before genetic engineering became possible, farmers have used simple selection inter- and ...

How is gene editing done? Over the past decade, a new generation of genetic engineering techniques have been developed that are so quick, cheap and easy to use that they have transformed the field.

References to genetically modified food from supermarkets in the EU could soon be a thing of the past: An agreement has been reached in Brussels to ...