CRISPR, gene editing and DNA manipulation - agriculture, plants and food production

Shoring up plants’ defenses could protect crops from rising temperatures caused by climate change. (2022)

Using gene-editing technology CRISPR, a group of researchers aims to develop crops that can help in the fight against climate change. The effort to... (2022)

The United States' GMO rules never worked well, and new, precise gene-editing techniques are stretching them to the breaking point. (2018)

The entire American beef industry is worried about Silicon Valley's cell-cultured meat companies, and most want to take down the tech interlopers. ... (2018)

Dr Joanne Chory hopes that genetic modifications to enhance plants’ natural carbon-fixing traits could play a key role – but knows that time is sho... (2019)

Horn-free? Yup. Heat-tolerant? Sure. Flu-proof? Of course. Gene editing aims to make our food supply kinder and more efficient. But it’s struggling... (2019)

This week the USDA announced it has no plans to regulate gene-editing technologies like Crispr, opening the door to a boom in designer foods. Scie... (2018)

It took thousands of years for humans to breed a pea-sized fruit into a beautiful beefsteak tomato. Now, with gene editing, scientists can change e... (2018)