WASHINGTON (AP) — The first clinical trial is getting underway to see if transplanting pig kidneys into people might really save lives. United Therapeutics, a producer of gene-edited pig kidneys, ...

All over the world people are ageing more rapidly and succumbing to diseases that typically affected the elderly. But there ...

A company’s plan to edit the genomes of human embryos worries some researchers — but it might reflect the changing attitudes towards the controversial approach.

The Non-UPF Program has expanded its certification label to ensure food products are free from ultra-processed ingredients.

To truly deliver on their promise, nitrogen-fixing microbes need to up their game, says Ginkgo ag bio head, Michael Miile.

Fending for yourself in the kitchen and wandering the grocery store’s aisles can be tedious, expensive and exhausting. It’s ...

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has sought to reassure a crowd opposing the Gene Technology Bill that his party will ...

A new study published in Plant Physiology opens the door to developing more robust and cold-resistant tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) varieties. The findings reveal that increasing glycosylated sterol ...

Chloroplasts—the "light power plants" of plant cells—are increasingly the focus of synthetic biology. These organelles house ...

Research seems divided over whether a high-fat diet is good or bad for brain health and our memories. The post Could the Side ...

There are a number of considerations that can help streamline the pathway to the clinic. One of the first is which vector system will be used, with AAV and lentivirus being two of the most commonly ...