Salicylic acid (SA) plays a pivotal role in plant defense, yet its genetic regulation in tea remains largely unexplored. By ...

Traditional breeding and genetic modification methods have struggled to keep pace with the rapid evolution of plant viruses. CRISPR/Cas systems, originally derived from bacterial immune responses, ...

Learn more about a pioneering method that enables simultaneous RNA and metabolite analysis in the same cell, revealing the ...

Professor David Williams, a New Zealander working on gene therapy at UCLA, has warned that the Bill is “unfair to farmers” and based on false assumptions about precision and safety. He points to ...

The long-awaited Gene Technology Bill has stalled because New Zealand First won’t support it as it stands. The sticking point ...

Developing high-yielding, nutritious and climate-resilient crops is vital to safeguard the future of global food production.

A joint research team has discovered a new molecular switch that determines when plant leaves begin to age. The research team has identified for the first time a new mechanism in which RNA made from ...

Researchers open up plant chloroplasts for high-throughput screening for the first time, enabling faster development of more ...

In honor of World Blindness Awareness Month, "GMA" is spotlighting a breakthrough gene therapy that's helping some blind ...

University of Edinburgh researchers engineered pigs resistant to classical swine fever by editing a gene linked to viral ...

In a breakthrough for animal health and biosecurity, scientists at the Roslin Institute have successfully developed pigs ...

Find four fascinating organisms that naturally glow in the dark or have been scientifically engineered to emit light. Learn ...