Many North Americans, no matter how accepting they are of biotechnology in crops, are more queasy when it comes to tinkering ...

Two researchers at the University of California, Davis, have been awarded a VinFuture Prize in recognition of their work ...

CRISPR, the gene-editing technology which won its creators the 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, is most well-known for its ...

It was "arbitrary and capricious" of the U.S. government to exempt genetically modified crops from safety regulations, a ...

In 1994, a tomato changed the world! Flavr Savr, a tomato produced in California, USA, ushered in an era where science could modify crops at the genetic level. Since then, genetically modified (GM) ...

Europe’s firewall against genetic modification gets a major crack with a new deal on gene-edited crops. Crops tailor-made using new gene-splicing techniques should face fewer regulations than ...

Origin Agritech Limited is a company that’s been working on making better seeds for a while now. They’re really focused on using science, especially with GMOs and gene editing, to help farmers grow ...

New gene-editing tools – most notably the Nobel Prize-winning CRISPR-Cas9 – allow targeted tweaks to a crop’s genome, ...

Eating a blend of non-toxic corn and genetically modified toxic corn can result in corn earworm pests (Helicoverpa zea) developing longer, more narrow ...

Consuming a blend of toxic Bt corn and non-toxic corn can give corn earworm moths longer, more narrow and more tapered wings ...

Modern agricultural biotechnology helps grow more food to feed a growing population. It makes crops tougher, able to handle ...

Cotton has supported rural communities in Ethiopia for generations. Based on published information, the cotton industry employed more than 50,000 smallholder ...