A collaboration between researchers in Santa Cruz and Puebla, Mexico, is working to eliminate the bacterial genes driving ...

Innovative genetic engineering strategies are transforming crops, enabling them to withstand extreme climate conditions and ...

Gene Chizik shares behind-the-scenes moments from Newton's historic campaign that included a national title, and the first ...

John Gurdon, considered the godfather of cloning and who shared the Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine in 2012, has died ...

Before the first trees sprouted on Earth, the planet’s barren landscape may already have been transformed by fungi.

Biofilms play a crucial role in the persistence and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in livestock production systems. Pathogens affecting cattle, ...

Scientists explore how plants can rapidly adapt to climate change through natural genetic engineering, revolutionising crop ...

An innovative use of skin cells could provide a route for same-sex couples or women with fertility problems to have children ...

Researchers at the University of Sheffield are investigating Lateral Gene Transfer (LGT) in plants, which allows them to ...

An emerging process, known as in vitro gametogenesis (IVG), involves reprogramming skin cells to become a type of stem cell. It involves taking the nucleus – the control centre of the cell which ...

Research in C. elegans shows that longevity-related changes in lysosomes can be passed from parents to offspring ...

Scientists from the University of Sheffield are investigating how plants can accelerate their own evolution through a process of "natural genetic engineering." ...