Transferring one species to another is how to create genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. This creates something not found in nature. A large percentage of domestic crops (up to 85% of soybean ...

You know you’ve got something special going when you can pull farmers out of the field for a meeting during harvest. Growers and end users who attended the eMerge Genetics field days this week got ...

Bayer going after Pfizer for patent infringement is a forerunner for widespread abuse of intellectual property claims in food ...

As home gardeners in the U.S. page through seed catalogs and pick out their favorite heirlooms, there's a new seed that has never been available to them before: a tomato the color of a concord grape ...

DNA is similar to a set of instructions written using four letters - A, T, C, and G - which tell the body how to function and develop. These four letters form a unique combination for each organism, ...

Changing an organism’s genome is a profound act, and the tools you use to make the changes don’t alleviate the need for responsible regulation. Unlike “traditional” genetically modified organisms (GMO ...

The plant gets its color — and a boost in antioxidants — from genes from an edible flower. It's the first time gardeners have been able to... Gardeners can now grow a genetically modified purple ...