The field of plant biotechnology is undergoing a profound transformation. The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) ...

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 ...

But the gene-edited quoll, the DNA of which would be changed in ways that could (and ideally would) be inherited, is likely to face higher hurdles. More sophisticated forms of genetic engineering ...

Biohacking has moved from niche experiments to a global movement reshaping how we think about human potential. With ...

Genetic changes have the ability to alter crop characteristics, and some crop breeding techniques take advantage of this. Conventionally, genetic engineering has relied on natural or artificial ...

As humanity reaches out to the stars and make new homes on strange new worlds, how will our genetics & DNA change under those alien planets?

A research group led by Wei Li at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has created mice born from two male parents and capable of ...

A new ML-guided platform can design thousands of new enzymes, predict how they will behave in the real world, and test their ...