The goal of gene therapy is to permanently cure hereditary diseases. One of the most promising technologies for this is the ...

Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), biologist Jessie Vandierendonck has been investigating new, alternative ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

The biotechnology market is entering a new growth phase, driven by the convergence of genomic science, artificial intelligence, and precision medicine.

Australia's first genetically modified banana has been tweaked to protect it from a disease that's on the verge of wiping out ...

Non‐genetically modified biotechnology encompasses a broad spectrum of innovative applications that harness natural biological processes without altering the inherent genome of the organism. This ...

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has assured Ghanaians that Genetically Modified (GM) foods, particularly the Pod Borer Resistant (PBR) cowpea, were safe, nutritious, and ...

Traditional breeding and genetic modification methods have struggled to keep pace with the rapid evolution of plant viruses. CRISPR/Cas systems, originally derived from bacterial immune responses, ...

The apparel industry accounts for 10% of greenhouse gas emissions. Biotechs are working on reengineering natural products to make more sustainable textiles, which are gaining traction.

For years, the CRISPR-Cas9 genome technology has been reshaping genetic engineering, a precision tool to transform everything from agriculture to medicine. With its incredible efficiency, this ...

Humans have selectively bred animals and crops since the beginning of agriculture, but advances in biotechnology have provided genetic tools to select specific traits. First applied to animals in the ...

Nature Research Intelligence Topics Topic summaries Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences Agricultural Biotechnology Non-Genetically Modified Uses of Biotechnology Non‐genetically modified ...