Gene-edited crops are no safer than GMOs, and fast-tracking regulatory approval could trigger a costly backlash.

Genes influence health and disease, traits and behavior. With new tools available to edit those genes, scientists are now working towards things that once seemed impossible: creating immunity to ...

Higher yields, greater resilience to climatic changes or diseases—the demands on crop plants are constantly growing. To ...

NEW ROCHELLE, NY, May 5, 2008—Biotech and pharma companies are increasingly utilizing novel technologies to assess the druggability of test compounds early in the development cycle to avoid costly ...

Researchers describe minimal versatile genetic perturbation technology (mvGPT). Capable of precisely editing genes, activating gene expression and repressing genes all at the same time, the technology ...

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 Apple computer was invented in a garage. Same with the Google search engine. Now, tinkerers are working at home with the basic building blocks of life itself. Using homemade lab equipment and the ...

All the cells in an organism have the exact same genetic sequence. What differs across cell types is their ...

A UC Berkeley biochemistry PhD and gene editing expert has launched a new effort in the field of genetic engineering on human embryos as a way to prevent disease before birth.

Ionic flux mediates essential physiological and behavioral functions in defined cell populations. Cell type—specific activators of diverse ionic conductances are needed for probing these effects. We ...