Texas farmers are not afraid of agricultural biotechnology. For over two decades, they have planted genetically engineered ...

In 2002, famine caused by devastating flooding and drought that occurred in quick succession compelled Malawians to accept ...

Researchers genetically modified poplar trees to produce high-performance, structural wood without the use of chemicals or energy intensive processing. Researchers at the University of Maryland ...

Advances in genetic engineering have given rise to an era of foods—including genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and gene-edited foods—that promise to revolutionize the way we eat. Critics argue ...

Reducing the number of stomata that rice have makes them more tolerant to salt water, according to researchers. Reducing the number of stomata that rice have makes them more tolerant to salt water, ...

With its unique and proprietary genetically modified adipocyte (GMAC) platform, CellGenTech is developing novel ex vivo gene therapies and has achieved the first-in-human study of an adipocyte-based ...

The Director-General of the National Biotechnology Research and Development Agency, Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, has assured Nigerian farmers that modern biotechnology, including genetically modified ...

The EPA has approved the release of more than 2 billion genetically altered male mosquitoes in Florida and California following a pilot program last year in the Florida Keys. Oxitec, the biotechnology ...

The study has faced backlash, with some environmental advocacy groups criticizing both the purpose and methodology Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE. Billions of genetically ...

The US could soon be swarming with genetically altered mosquitoes after the Environmental Protection Agency approved a plan to test the insects. It is hoped the new altered mosquitoes will ward off ...