New York researchers took healthy human embryos and successfully modified their genetic code by focusing on a single letter.

Greenpeace and its activists allies have blocked for more than two decades the adoption of Golden Rice, which is genetically ...

A GENETICALLY modified worm could deliver essential treatment inside your body for IBS or diabetes, research has suggested.

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 ...

In a proof-of-concept lab experiment, scientists demonstrated that intestinal parasites could make and release therapeutic ...

Researchers have genetically engineered a marine microorganism to break down plastic in salt water. Specifically, the modified organism can break down polyethylene terephthalate (PET), a plastic used ...

Last summer, a letter endorsed by more than 200 groups including the Canadian Wheat Board and Saskatchewan Association of rural Municipalities asked Ottawa to delay approval of GM ...

Those who voted in favor believe that, as long as there are no more than twenty mutations, the food is not genetically ...

Scientists have been playing god with mosquitos for a couple of years now. In 2020, British company Oxitec received approval to start releasing up to 750 million lab-modified mosquitos in Florida over ...

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 ...

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A pilot study in Florida that involved the release of 5 million genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida has wrapped up. The bugs, which have been dubbed “Jurassic Park” mosquitoes by some critics, ...