By Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) this month approved a biotech firm’s plan to genetically engineer soybeans to produce a “plant-grown” meat…
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By Noah Bill Gates has a new company… How great. And I’ll give you one guess as to what it does…. If you guessed “tinker…
by Jacob M. Thompson The scientists believe it is possible they will discover this capability in more animals and insects they research, which they postulate…
By Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. “Gene-editing livestock to quickly produce desirable traits for improved food production is a viable strategy for helping feed the planet’s growing population,”…
by daniel_g While at DARPA, Renee Wegrzyn worked on genetically modified mosquitoes to combat malaria. Here’s a snippet from an interview conducted at a DARPA Trade Show…
by Karen Weintraub David Bennett, 57, who received a pig heart in January in place of his own failing one, died Tuesday. It’s not yet clear…
BY JENNIFER BATEMAN AND JENNIFER ZENG July 4, 2021 Updated: July 5, 2021 While forced organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience in China has drawn worldwide condemnation, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has…
BY SOPHIE WEINER Printed: 1 June 2017 Scientists have altered a living dragonfly so they can control its movements. As drone technology advances, one of the…
By Anjel Garrison Japan is genetically modifying sea bream fish to have 50 percent more muscle and, according to Japan News/Yomiuri Shinbun, government approval is expected soon.…
By Omid Ghoreishi Samples from early Wuhan COVID-19 patients show the presence of genetically modified Henipah virus, an American scientist has found. Henipah was one of the two…