Scientists at the University of Sheffield are conducting research into natural genetic engineering with a focus on Lateral Gene Transfer to help improve crop resilience to extreme weather.

Researchers discovered that soil microbes in Kansas carry drought “memories” that affect how plants grow and survive. Native plants showed stronger responses to these microbial legacies than crops ...

A joint research team has discovered a new molecular switch that determines when plant leaves begin to age. The research team has identified for the first time a new mechanism in which RNA made from ...

Greening disease has devastated the citrus crop in Florida, but University of Florida scientists are using genes from another ...

This study reports the first in plant synthesis of luminescent and photo-responsive lignin by genetically engineering poplar ...

There are plethora of terms used to describe any type of genetic change that some understand accurately, and others assume all such are negative. For most folks, two animals bred together “naturally,” ...

The cultivation of rice -- the staple grain for more than 3.5 billion people around the world -- comes with extremely high environmental, climate and economic costs. But that may be about to change, ...

Germany’s leading industrial and engineering company, KSB, has announced plans to set up a large manufacturing plant in Pakistan, a move expected to become Germany’s biggest direct investment in the ...

Adoptive T cell therapy has transformed cancer treatment, with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy demonstrating remarkable clinical success in hematological malignancies. By genetically ...