(Nanowerk Spotlight) Humanity's efforts to modify food plants is as old as farming itself, some 10,000 years. Before genetic engineering became possible, farmers have used simple selection inter- and ...

An artist's view of nanotubes entering plant cells. Courtesy: M Landry, UC Berkeley Carbon nanotubes can be used as tools to more easily deliver genes into plant cell nuclei and chloroplasts, say two ...

Inserting or tweaking genes in plants is more art than science, but a new technique developed by University of California, Berkeley, scientists could make genetically engineering any type of plant--in ...

They contain genes with genetic information, for example, related to the development or control of diseases. Every living being possesses a particular number of chromosome pairs that it inherited from ...

Genetic engineering is poised to help biopharma realize the potential benefits of commercial-scale, plant-based protein production, according to a leading researcher. The idea of making therapeutic ...

Are you a food label reader? If so, you may have noticed some of your favorite snacks bear the phrase “partially produced with genetic engineering.” This makes sense, given that the soy lectin and ...

Scientists have been tinkering with Mother Nature again. Botanical genetic engineers obviously never saw the margarine ad that cautioned, "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature." Here are just a few ...

As an increasing number of regions across the globe enter a state of drought, the need for an immediate solution is necessary. In California, water levels have reached all time lows, and a drought ...

Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plant growth, but the overuse of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers in agriculture is not sustainable. A team of bacteriologists and plant scientists discuss the ...

Over millennia, there has been a seamless continuum of technologies for genetic modification of plants, animals, and microorganisms, with progressive improvements in precision and predictability – a ...