Crops produced using mutagenic technologies such as CRISPR should generally be exempt from regulatory laws governing GMOs, according to the published opinion.

Gender discrimination, Brexit, and climate change are among the issues that have received considerable attention from the scientific community this year.

Researchers explore genetic engineering to produce super-tough fibers.

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories has genetically engineered a silkworm to spin spider silk, which might be used for futuristic products.

Release of a transgenic version of Aedes aegypti, a species that can carry dengue virus, decimated a local population of non-mutated mosquitoes, according to a study.

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.

Scientists identify a set of genes that direct the synthesis of omega-3 fatty acids in the seed oil of Camelina sativa.

Scientists have engineered silkworms to produce fluorescent fabrics.

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

Researchers create transgenic cells that may help camels produce milk full of therapeutic proteins.