Scientists are testing genetic modification to collapse mosquito populations. What are the risks? HEALTH FEATURE | KEVIN GITHUKU | Malaria places a crushing burden on Uganda’s health system, as it ...

Since 2019, MIT researchers have published a new concept called prime editing, which is more precise than regular CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing. As a result, it has fewer off-target effects and less chance ...

Scientists are researching ways to genetically modify plants and animals to be more resistant to threats like climate change.

The world's largest factory that produces mosquitoes that can prevent dengue, Zika and chikungunya viruses from reproducing ...

Australia's first genetically modified banana has been tweaked to protect it from a disease that's on the verge of wiping out ...

The government’s long-promised Gene Technology Bill, which aims to reform laws around genetic modification, has run into a ...

Some conservation groups are calling for an effective ban on genetic modification, but others say these technologies are ...

University of Queensland researchers have for the first time introduced genetic material into plants via their roots, opening a potential pathway for rapid crop improvement. Professor Bernard Carroll ...

Scientists injected a fragment of 40,000-year-old genetic material into laboratory mice, revealing skeletal changes from a ...