All genetic engineering articles
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ResearchYeast engineered to convert methanol into heparin
Production levels are currently low, but researchers hope the method could one day mean pharma doesn’t have to rely on animals for this essential medicine
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Reprogrammed bacterium turns carbon dioxide into chemicals on industrial scale
Process achieved at industrial scale in 120 litre reactor
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News
Fresh calls for EU to review gene-edited crops regulations
Outdated legislation is hampering innovation and sustainability efforts, argue crop scientists
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Review
TV series: Unnatural Selection
From biohackers to malaria-fighting mosquitos, this Netflix documentary looks at the powerful yet controversial technology of genetic engineering
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Research
Tweaking honey bee bacteria to fight colony collapse disorder
Genetically altered strains of bacteria from honey bee guts can fight virus and mites that threaten this population
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Bacterium forced to evolve to consume carbon dioxide to make biomass
Tweaked Escherichia coli could help deal with humanity’s carbon dioxide problem
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News
The ‘Impossible Whopper’ has a secret ingredient: chemistry
The plant-based patty uses haem harvested from genetically engineered yeast
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Research
Chinese gene-edited babies at higher risk of premature death
Loss of gene knocked-out by rogue geneticists found to be linked with higher mortality in human genome database
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News
Darpa wants to genetically engineer soldiers’ skin bacteria to protect them from mosquitoes
Pentagon programme aims to change chemical cues released by human skin microbes to provide a long-term defence from mosquito-borne diseases
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Research
First bacterium with a totally redesigned genome created
Designer E. coli uses a simplified genetic code to make proteins
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Genetically engineered yeast brews up heady mix of natural and unnatural cannabinoids
Biotech yeast makes low-cost, high-quality THC and CBD – and cannabinoids never seen before – without growing cannabis plants
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Eight-letter genetic code hints at how alien life might evolve
Synthetic DNA shows that four bases might not be the only way for life to go
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News
Rogue Chinese scientist to be punished for creation of first gene-edited humans
Investigation uncovers forged ethical approval documents
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Pentagon’s pursuit of insect-delivered genetic modification of crops prompts warnings
French and German scientists worry that Darpa programme may violate the biological weapons convention and inadvertently start a new arms race
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Research
First for cells as they're made to manufacture fluorinated bioplastics
Genetically modified bacteria could make synthesis of new materials more sustainable
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Gut bugs hijacking our signalling could treat disease
Gastrointestinal microflora found to produce a profusion of molecules that can affect human health
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Low phosphorus rice offers fertiliser pollution solution
Silencing gene that directs phosphorus into rice grains could mean cheaper food and healthier rivers
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Business
US extends permission for combination pesticide
EPA finds no synergy concerns with Dow’s Enlist Duo and reverses restrictions on its approval
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Business
Corn growers’ lawsuit contested by Syngenta
Syngenta opposes class action seeking over $5bn in damages related to its genetically engineered corn
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News
GM food and feed law falters in EU parliament
Proposal would have allowed individual member states to ban the sale of genetically modified organisms
