Genetic engineering

The equivalent of $3.7 million is being spent to selectively breed sheep to burp and fart less of the greenhouse gas methane.

Nelore cows are incredibly valuable due to their genetically desirable traits, including heat resistance, and hardiness against parasitic infections.

By altering the balance of the molecules involved in cellular aging, the researchers were able to nearly double the lifespan of individual cells.

Zebrafish modified to glow in the dark have been found in Brazil's Atlantic Forest region.

The stark prediction is one of many outlined in the renowned theoretical physicist's new book.

The testing on monkeys is being done in China because it would be too costly and controversial in the United States.

First step, virus resistant; next step, cancer.

The future is uncertain for many favorites.

Cacao plants are one of many that face extinction as climate change alters the environment.

Among other things, the new tomatoes contain nearly 500 percent more vitamin E than their unenhanced counterparts.

Pitting mosquitoes against mosquitoes just might work.

These pumped-up pigs are raising suspicions about mistreatment and renegade genetic engineering.

Engineering a fungus with deadly venom could fight the mosquitoes carrying the lethal virus—and be safe for humans.

The Human Code Foundation says the technology that will let us define what it means to be human is around the corner.

Genetic engineering will enable industrial-scale production of a previously hard-to-make pharmaceutical.