The large-scale experiments aim to test how the technology would fare in the wild, if deployed to knock down populations of the pests.

Adenine editing enzymes have been adapted for use in plants.

Adenine editing enzymes have been adapted for use in plants.

Risks that pertain to all manner of new crops are often misattributed to genetic engineering. This distorts the public’s view of the technology.

Researchers have outfitted brewer’s yeast with light-harvesting semiconductors to boost chemical productivity.

Unlike judges in the European Union, a government panel in Japan says transgenic modification and genome editing are not the same.

The genetically engineered probiotic, already in clinical trials, may ease patients’ strict dietary regimes.

Scientists have engineered swine that pollute less, fend off disease, and produce more meat, but you won’t find them outside experimental farms . . . yet.

Researchers use a combination of ultrasound waves, genetic engineering, and synthetic drugs to switch specific neurons on and off in mice.