The biotech Oxitec had released the genetically engineered insects with the hope that they would breed with wild populations and produce offspring that die young. But that’s not always happening.

Genetic engineers have co-opted base editing machinery to enable information storage and processing in the DNA of bacterial and mammalian cells.

The fast-growing fish can now be raised and sold in the US, although it’s likely to be some time before the product hits the market.

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.