We can change (or modify) crops in two key ways - selective breeding and genetic modification. A common example of genetic modification involves the transfer of the glow-in-the-dark gene from ...

A Kobe University team was able to edit the DNA of Lactobacillus strains directly without a template from other organisms.

Heritable Genetic Modification in Food Animals, a new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences ...

Genetic modification is a method that has been done indirectly for thousands of years through controlled, or selective, breeding of plants and animals. It's easier nowadays with the help of Modern ...

Thorrold gives an example of a “stunning piece of science” from Crown Research Institute, AgResearch. A ryegrass gene which produces more lipid – or more fat – has been stabilised. This could result ...

In any case, the United Kingdom prohibits genetic modifications that might be inherited ... these might one day be useful in medical treatments. For example, as Miller notes, gene therapy in ...

A team was able to edit the DNA of Lactobacillus strains directly without a template from other organisms. This technique is indistinguishable from natural variation and enabled the researchers to ...