In this opinion piece, John Torres, a longtime biotech government affairs executive and policy expert, argues that the farm ...

On Sept. 11, 1982, his 65th birthday, then president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. unveiled one of the most ambitious scientific projects of his administration: a national biotechnology center at the ...

Scientists in Switzerland are freezing human poop in a "doomsday" Microbiota Vault to preserve vital gut microbes for future health crises.

New trends in ag innovation quietly reroute where capital flows, adoption sticks, exits emerge, and market power gets built.

India is currently among the top producers of potato globally, and the crop plays a vital role in ensuring national food ...

Protecting native maize diversity is one of the key arguments behind Mexico’s constitutional ban on genetically modified corn ...

A research team from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has released ...

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Filipino farmers are burdened by shrinking harvests and rising costs. And they speak of fields that no longer respond—even to ...

Priya Ranjan works at the intersection of computational biology and bioinformatics, focusing on plant-microbe interactions, ...

Using a modified CRISPR-based mechanism, the team led by Prof. Pallob Kundu has developed a stress-activated gene switch that empowers plants to survive extreme heat and microbial attacks.