You’re enjoying a refreshing strawberry smoothie, its rich red color swirling in the glass, thanks to genetic engineering ...

Dallas-based biotechnology company Colossal Biosciences announced the successful birth of three healthy dire wolf pups after ...

For Brazil, soybeans are an important export crop, but yield has suffered badly in recent years as a result of drought. This project aims to develop strains capable of withstanding drought by applying ...

Resistance to diseases could be introduced into susceptible crops using genetic engineering. Not only can this protect the crop, it can also safeguard farmers' livelihoods. An example is ...

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In some cases, the alteration of an organism using well-established genetic engineering technology may certainly cause more ethical concerns than, for example, the creation of an organism that ...

“With the highest safety profile across viral and non-viral vectors, DNA ministrings enhance the transition of current genetic engineering technology into true personalized genetic medicine.

Natural products are among the most promising candidates for the development of new drugs. However, due to their structural complexity, they are often difficult to access.