Recent advances that allow the precise editing of genomes now raise the possibility that fruit and other crops might be genetically improved without the need to introduce foreign genes, acco... Read more
RESEARCHERS believe four cancer-fighting drugs may also work in treating rheumatoid arthritis. In an exciting discovery, a team of international scientists has uncovered new regions of DNA i... Read more
Epigenetic factors identified as key to preventing loss of wheat caused by rain and high humidity (and should lead to better beer The global wheat industry sometimes loses as much as $1 bill... Read more
In an era of widespread genetic sequencing, the ability to edit and alter an organism’s DNA is a powerful way to explore the information within and how it guides biological function. A... Read more
The rabbit can’t do it, neither can a frog, but zebrafish and axolotls can and flatworms are true masters of the craft: Regeneration. Why some animals can re-grow lost body parts or organs w... Read more
Researchers estimate that food availability must double in the next 25 years With fewer than a dozen flowering plants out of 300,000 species accounting for 80 percent of humanity’s ca... Read more
In one of the first successful attempts at genetically engineering mosquitoes, HHMI researchers have altered the way the insects respond to odors, including the smell of humans and the insec... Read more
A new, streamlined approach to genetic engineering drastically reduces the time and effort needed to insert new genes into bacteria, the workhorses of biotechnology, scientists are re... Read more
Scientists have developed techniques for the genetic improvement of sunflowers using a non-GMO based approach. The new technology platform can harness the plant’s own genes to improve charac... Read more
“Most likely, people in the future will take a cocktail of molecules that can slow ageing and prevent common age-related diseases.” David Sinclair, an Australian scientist and entrepreneur w... Read more
This could be useful for greenhouse gas mitigation, bioremediation or erosion control. The same “green revolution” concepts that have revolutionized crop agriculture and helped to feed billi... Read more
There’s no equivalent to our technology anywhere in the world A small startup on a moshav has come up with a way to immunize plants to make them genetically resistant to disease. The U... Read more
Advances in genetics may change aspects of environmental policy in the future. Protecting endangered species is a legitimate goal for public policy. But we cannot expect that public p... Read more
It has been processing approximately 500 cell cultures a month Laboratory technicians, in many different fields of research, spend a lot of time preparing and analyzing cell cultures. The pr... Read more
UBC researchers have invented a silicone chip that could make genetic analysis far more sensitive, rapid, and cost-effective by allowing individual cells to fall into place like balls in a p... Read more
