A genetic breakthrough may soon bring bigger and better tomatoes and eggplants to the world. Scientists have mapped the ...

Scientists have identified genes that control tomato and eggplant size, paving the way for bigger, tastier, and more ...

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

This was an alarming start to the idea of gene de-extinction. As we know from movies like The Thing, digging up frozen ...

The biotech firm successfully modified seven genes in mice to express mammoth-like cold adaptations — altering their coat ...

Colossal Biosciences has focused on identifying key traits of extinct animals by studying ancient DNA, with a goal to genetically "engineer them into living animals," said CEO Ben Lamm.

The decision reinstates unscientific regulation of new plant varieties, contradicting not only decades of experimentation, ...

Transposons, so-called jumping genes, are a threat to genomes, so plants work hard to prevent them from mobilizing and ...

Extinction is still forever. But scientists at a biotech company are trying what they say is the next best thing to restoring ancient beasts.

Johns Hopkins scientists say the innovation could bring 'new fruits, foods, and flavors' to an expanded global agricultural ...

Recombinase efficiency increases allow Qi Biodesign to insert 20-30 kb (5 or 6 genes) at one time at one location across a variety of different crop genetics. In addition, a large team at Qi Biodesign ...

The site-specific DNA inversion system is a versatile tool for genetic engineering. Here, authors developed a multiplexed DNA inversion system, Rci51-5/multi-sfxa101, in eukaryotes, facilitating ...