Researchers are one step closer to understanding how some plants survive without nitrogen. Their work could eventually reduce ...

As shifting rain patterns and rising heat challenge farmers, Cornell’s Prof. Margaret Smith underscores that sustaining ...

Researchers have discovered that altering two amino acids in plant receptors can enable crops to form symbiotic relationships ...

diSArm clinical trial is that our phages injected intravenously can home in to the site of infection, penetrate biofilms, infect, and lyse S. aureus. Many deaths post flu, and most likely also ...

Over the past two decades, synthetic biology has fueled advancements across a broad range of disciplines, including agriculture, bioremediation, biofuel production, and chemical manufacturing. Today, ...

Transferring one species to another is how to create genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. This creates something not ...

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the need to rapidly develop, produce and distribute large quantities of new vaccines. A team of researchers at Purdue University and Merck & Co. Inc.

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, ...

Depending on the setting, the ability of a crucial bacterium in biotechnology – Agrobacterium tumefaciens – to transfer its ...

After decades of recording detailed information about different varieties of crops, their traits and the DNA sequences they ...

Some genetic disorders—such as cystic fibrosis ... Buffington et al, Discovery and engineering of retrons for precise genome ...

Some scientists looking to preserve vulnerable species have turned to a controversial technique: synthetic biology. This catchall term often means... Should genetically engineered species roam free?