Researchers now hope that through genetic modification they can optimize the process by which plants use sunlight and carbon dioxide to produce fuel for themselves, called photosynthesis.

Genetic modification previously hit the headlines in relation to “Frankenstein crops” and received bad press as an “unnatural” practice. However, mankind has been manipulating genetics for eons, ...

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Methods for the identification and analysis of intended and unintended genetic alterations (e.g., off-target genome editing effects, insertional mutagenesis, introduction of antibiotic resistance) in ...

(Genetically modified animals, by contrast, go through a full approval process.) If the plant was substantially changed, more stringent safety tests would be required.

Biology and genetics are terribly, terribly complex. To begin with, you are a lot more than just you. There are roughly ten times as many bacteria cells in the human body as there are human cells ...

Biologists develop efficient genetic modification of human embryonic stem cells Date: January 8, 2010 Source: University of California - San Diego Summary: Biologists have developed an efficient ...

The term “genetic modification,” sometimes called “genetic engineering,” typically refers to when DNA is modified directly, on the molecular level. But that definition is pretty slippery.

As the modified genome is randomly incorporated into the cells that will give rise to eggs and sperm, genetic modifications have the possibility to be passed on to future generations.

Heritable Genetic Modification in Food Animals, a new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, offers recommendations for identifying the ...