A new study has made significant strides in plant genome editing by developing an A-to-K base editing system for rice and tomato. This technology ...

Raphael Chibunda, SUA Deputy Vice Chancellor, affirmed this at the weekend during a panel discussion at the annual meeting of the Crop Science Association of Tanzania (CROSAT) in Dodoma. The ...

Using a computer model that reveals how plants grow thicker over time, biologists have uncovered how cells are activated to produce wood tissue. Understanding the genetic and molecular signals behind ...

“Restoration and biotechnology efforts can mitigate these losses ... History Museum told Interesting Engineering that ...

The ability to genetically engineer plants is largely thanks to a microscopic helper: a bacterium called Agrobacterium ...

The diseases hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) remain a significant health threat worldwide, causing approximately 1.3 million deaths each year.

Food productivity is dependent on the availability of fertilizer, says Utah State University biochemist Lance Seefeldt. "We ...

Biotechnology is the exploitation of living systems or molecules from them for commercial gain. Although the word 'biotechnology' is only a few decades old, humankind has been using biotechnology for ...