The return of the long-extinct wooly mammoth or dodo bird may sound like a storyline straight out of science fiction. It’s not. Several de-extinction projects all share an ambitious aim to resurrect ...

Modifying the genetic structure of organisms is a central part of modern biotechnology. This article will discuss biotechnology and genetic engineering, providing an overview of the subject.

Researchers from Michigan State University are working to extract DNA from an variety of rye found on a shipwreck from the 1870s. The team recently dove to recover the rye from the Lake Huron ...

A sufficient majority is emerging among EU countries in favour of allowing some genetically modified food to be sold in ...