An understanding of the origin and dynamics of heritable genetic variation within classical animal breeding programs is needed to provide the context for understanding the contributions and concerns ...

Genetic modification of our food supply has been commonplace for decades, but some have feared that it would bring us to the brink of doomsday.

Dublin, Jan. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Genetic Modification Therapies Clinical Applications: Gene Therapies, Genetically Modified Cell Therapies, RNA Therapies and Gene Editing" has been added ...

Engineered immune cell therapies offer the promise of more tailored interventions than traditional systemic checkpoint blockades, but so far remain ineffective across the majority of clinical settings ...

Gene editing is now reaching the mainstream, ushering in a new era of genetic manipulation. Traditionally, inserting or deleting entire genes, regulating their expression, and altering specific ...

Streptomyces are filamentous actinobacteria renowned for producing clinically important natural products. Genetic manipulation in these organisms underpins strain improvement, natural product ...

The recently updated South African Ethics in Health Research Guidelines have been a recent cause of concern, with some researchers and bioethicists interpreting them as allowing what’s known as ...

Genetic technologies have the potential to help solve the ever-growing challenges of food insecurity and global health. But for this potential to be met, regulations that hinder scientific innovation ...

Over the last sixty years, the poultry industry has transitioned from local small scale production systems to a heavily integrated and concentrated global industry. As part of this transformation, ...

To discover unknown retrotransposons for genomic integration in human cells, we searched 1,139 avian genomes, identified 159 avian R2 retrotransposons and characterized conserved/nonconserved sequence ...

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 ...