In the process of genetic engineering a gene from one organism is transferred to another organism. The organism that receives the gene is called a genetically modified (GM) organism. Bacteria can be ...

Genetic engineering is the transfer of DNA between organisms using biotechnology. Check your understanding of the process with this interactive quiz. Revise the different stages of genetic engineering ...

Gene editing is a form of genetic modification and is the process by which the DNA sequence of an organism is modified or deleted. This is normally carried out to obtain desirable effects, such as the ...

Scientists from the University of Sheffield are investigating how plants can accelerate their own evolution through a process of "natural genetic engineering." Researchers from the University of ...

Last year Stuart Brand, principal author of the back-to-the-land, simplicity-is-god, do-it-yourself, hippie bible known as The Whole Earth Catalogue, opined about the irreversibility of technological ...