Genetic modification improves environmental credentials of ‘particularly promising’ substitute that outperforms poultry, ...

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Rob Reynish asks readers to look behind the political labels to what science can do to keep our food industries from falling ...

As the power of gene editing becomes more advanced, ideas that once seemed like science fiction are rapidly becoming a possibility. Now, a leading expert on human gene engineering has warned of what ...

Toward the goal of efficient editing of farm animals for genetic improvements, this study explores an upgraded form of nuclease PE (uPEn). Based on an initial demonstration of its success in editing ...

Humans have been selectively breeding cats and dogs for thousands of years to make more desirable pets. A new startup called the Los Angeles Project aims to speed up that process with genetic ...

With a grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, UC Davis will run an Animal and Veterinary Innovation Center looking into gene-editing technology in livestock such as sheep, pigs and cattle. ...