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Piggy Sooy genetically modified soya beans

Environment

Soya beans made more meat-like by adding genes for pig proteins

A company called Moolec has created transgenic soya beans called “Piggy Sooy” in which a quarter of the protein is pig protein rather than plant protein

News

Photosynthesis enhanced poplar comparison vs controls

Environment

Forests bioengineered to capture more carbon will be planted in the US

News

A small pile of cocaine

Chemistry

Genetically modified tobacco plant produces cocaine in its leaves

News

The biotechnology firm Oxitec has released boxes throughout Brazil that contain genetically-modified male mosquitoes of the species Aedes aegypti

Environment

Genetically modified mosquitoes cut the insect's number by 96 per cent

News

lettuce

Space

Bone-boosting lettuce could help Mars astronauts stay healthy

News

Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) on maize; Shutterstock ID 1444285103; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Environment

Fall armyworms with offspring-killing gene tested on farms in Brazil

News

CEM5EK Traditional stacks of Wheat, known as stitches, in a field in Somerset, UK.

Environment

Gene-edited food is 5 years away in England, says government scientist

News

TCR5F0 GM corn cob, illustration

Technology

A maize meme shows why you shouldn't trust social media

Comment

Partial sight restored for man who is blind thanks to optogenetics

Health

Partial sight restored for man who is blind thanks to optogenetics

News

The Next 500 Years review: Engineering humanity for life after Earth

Life

The Next 500 Years review: Engineering humanity for life after Earth

Chris Mason's book, The Next 500 Years, argues that it is our duty to give all life a future by bioengineering genomes to survive on other worlds

Culture

Environment

The EU could greatly reduce carbon emissions by embracing GM crops

News

Technology

CRISPR gene-editing urgently needs an off-switch – now we have one

Features

Humans

Fears about genetically modified foods are cultural not scientific

Comment

Technology

Feng Zhang interview: CRISPR can fight covid-19 and climate change

Features