26 March 2021
If the European Union grew genetically engineered crops, it could cut carbon dioxide emissions by around 33 million tonnes a year – equivalent to 8 per cent of all the EU's agricultural greenhouse gas emissions in 2017
13 January 2021
Making changes to genes with CRISPR has the potential to cure diseases and feed the world, if we can learn to control it. Now it looks like viruses hold the solution
25 November 2020
Many people strongly object to genetically modified plants, but foods like sweet potatoes and grapefruits are a reminder that that these concerns are cultural rather than based on science, says James Wong
7 October 2020
CRISPR gene editing is already treating disease. But there’s far more it might do, from fighting cancer and covid-19 to putting the brakes on climate change, says Feng Zhang, a pioneer of the technique
19 August 2020
Prevention is better than cure, so we should start using genetic techniques to stop dangerous animal diseases jumping to humans, say Scott Nuismer and James Bull
17 July 2020
A genetically modified organism (GMO) is usually defined as an organism whose DNA has been altered by genetic engineering.
18 March 2020
France's highest court has ruled that many common crops are illegal because they contain genetic mutations, but enforcing the law will be near impossible
11 March 2020
The plot of sci-fi movie Little Joe may sound like it plays to powerful 1990s anti-GM fears but bigger issues like human freedom may really be at stake
18 February 2020
Gene-edited pigs and brain implants are blurring the lines of what it means to be human, so our morals and laws may need to change to include beings that are “substantially human”
30 January 2020
Modifying bacteria found in the guts of bees could help protect the insects against lethal infections affecting hives worldwide
