Plants’ successful growth and production often hinge on specific environmental and genetic conditions. This is a reality agricultural producers have become accustomed to that is now threatened with ...

For millennia, developing resilient crops relied on pollination by nature or humans—making the process long and often costly.

As a proof of concept, the researchers used this technology to create herbicide-resistant rice germplasm with a 315-kb precise inversion, showcasing its transformative potential for genetic ...

In a giant feat of genetic engineering, scientists have created bacteria that make proteins in a radically different way than all natural species do.

A Single Genetic Tweak Stops Mosquitoes from Spreading Malaria Mosquitoes engineered to swap out an amino acid in a key protein were resistant to malaria infection, preventing them from transmitting ...

LONDON (AP) — Eight healthy babies were born in Britain with the help of an experimental technique that uses DNA from three people to help mothers avoid passing devastating rare diseases to ...

Scientists have revealed eight healthy babies have been born in the UK using part of a third parent's DNA to reduce their risk of developing mitochondrial genetic diseases. The disease which can ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers ...