The decision, which concerns the removal of a sugar molecule on the surface of cells in a line of domestic pigs, marks the first time an approval has been granted for both purposes simultaneously.

The FDA recently cleared the way for marketing of the genetically modified product. Texas A&M’s Keerti Rathore speaks with The Scientist about why and how it was developed.

The unapproved crop is resistant to glyphosate in the weedkiller Roundup, but doesn’t seem to have entered the food supply.

Adenine editing enzymes have been adapted for use in plants.

More than one-fifth of individuals treated with the genetically modified virus survived at least three years.

Researchers use base-editing to swap out an erroneous nucleotide responsible for a potentially life-threatening blood disorder.

Maize enthusiast Jason Karl aims to continue breaking his own records for the tallest corn plants ever grown.

A sequencing blitz on the tomato genome reveals the genes that contribute most to tastiness.

Officials postpone the launch of an experimental program aimed at reducing local mosquito populations with genetically modified insects.

Scientists perform plant-genome modifications on crops without using plasmids.

Genetically modified bacteria that don’t survive unless given an unnatural amino acid could serve as a new control measure to protect wild organisms and ecosystems against accidental release. 

Researchers have discovered a transporter protein in rice that sequesters arsenic in vacuoles, preventing the toxic element from traveling into grains.

After raising more than $450,000 on Kickstarter, a startup making glow-in-the-dark houseplants attracts seed funding from a Silicon Valley venture capital firm.

Genetic modification approach to control malaria-spreading mosquito populations incites conversations on the ethics of manmade extinction.

The lead investigator on a controversial study announces her retirement as Tufts releases a report citing ethics violations in genetically modified food research.

Scientists have engineered silkworms to produce fluorescent fabrics.

A Kickstarter project that promises donors Arabidopsis seeds transfected with firefly genes is causing a stir.

June 2013's selection of notable quotes

Genetically modified Atlantic salmon, which could soon become the first transgenic animal sold as food in the U.S., can breed with wild brown trout to produce a GM hybrid.