Other genetic solutions are in development. Tadpole cannibalism has inspired a team at Macquarie University to engineer ...

Wildlife conservationist turned legal scholar Alex Erwin constructs the legal framework to begin to establish guidance around ...

Genetic changes have the ability to alter crop characteristics, and some crop breeding techniques take advantage of this.

Influential inventions often combine existing tools in new ways. The iPhone, for instance, amalgamated the telephone, web browser and camera, among many other devices.

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 ...

Still, contemplation of these and other issues related to genetic engineering is important should the ability to create genetically enhanced humans ever arise.

The completion of chromosome synXVI allows scientists to explore new possibilities in metabolic engineering and strain ...

Crop genetic engineering allows for the generation of new plant varieties within a significantly shorter time frame than traditional breeding. Studies have shown that it can be used for the ...

But a recent comprehensive scientific review suggests that biotechnological tools, such as genetic engineering, tissue culture and molecular breeding, may help produce cannabis varieties that are ...