Genetic engineering
The adoption of genetically modified crops: Growth areas
Where genetically modified crops are grown(47)
Rows over GM crops: Seed of change
America may shift its policy on genetically modified crops(20)
The future of biofuels: The post-alcohol world
Biofuels are back. This time they might even work(36)
Monitor: Dawn of the Frankenfish
Food science: Fast-growing genetically modified trout and salmon could soon be the first transgenic animals on the table(3)
Artificial lifeforms: Genesis redux
A new form of life has been created in a laboratory, and the era of synthetic biology is dawning(54)
Synthetic biology: And man made life
Artificial life, the stuff of dreams and nightmares, has arrived(171)
Genetic engineering: Fish tales
Genetically modified fish could soon be on the table(3)
Genetically modified food: Attack of the really quite likeable tomatoes
The success of genetically modified crops provides opportunities to win over their critics(30)
The spread of GM crops: Taking root
The developing world embraces a controversial technology(12)
India and GM food: Without modification
A setback for GM in India(22)
Synthetic biology: Your plastic pal
A genetically engineered bacterium makes a greener plastic(8)
Monsanto: The parable of the sower
The debate over whether Monsanto is a corporate sinner or saint(54)
Genetically modified food, an American menace?
Germany's man thinks so(16)
After many a false dawn, gene therapy’s experimental promise will at last turn into clinical reality(0)
The shameful destruction of a crop trial(102)
Gene doping: Genetically Modified Olympians?
On the eve of the Beijing Olympics, we examine the prospect of athletes using gene therapy to enhance their performance—and of catching them if they try(10)
Fish species swap genes in a way that looks a bit like genetic engineering(16)
Gene therapy: Seeing is believing
The prospects for using genes as a therapy may be improving(1)
Agriculture: The next green revolution
Europe may not like it, but genetic modification is transforming agriculture(0)
The food industry: Son of Frankenfood?
Produce from cloned animals has won regulatory approval. Now companies must persuade consumers to buy it(0)
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