According to The Standard, researchers at the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization have used genetic ...

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

Humans have selectively bred animals and crops since the beginning of agriculture, but advances in biotechnology have provided genetic tools to select specific traits. First applied to animals in the ...

A Mexico-based research centre believes it may have hit the bull’s eye when it comes to using technology to enhance crop resilience. The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is ...

Genetic engineering, also known as genetic modification, is a set of technologies used to change the genetic makeup of cells, including the transfer of genes within and across species boundaries to ...

“The paper is a really very nice breakthrough. It’s the first instance where it has been possible to demonstrate that, by improving the efficiency of photosynthesis, there is an increase in yield ...

The rise of gene-edited embryos has raised a myriad of ethical questions. It involves altering DNA to prevent disease or even to choose specific traits using a method known as CRISPR. In 2018, Chinese ...

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