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 ...

Current EU legislation means that new breeding techniques, of which gene editing is a primary example, are treated the same as all other form of genetic modification. This makes is extremely difficult ...

Crops directly feed us or animals we keep for food. They are commonly cereals, fruit and vegetables. We can change (or modify) crops in two key ways - selective breeding and genetic modification. A ...

Type 1 diabetes can be controlled by injecting insulin. The extra insulin allows the glucose to be taken up by the liver and other tissues, which results in cells receiving the glucose they need, and ...

I worry that Robert Shrimsley’s article “A Brexit opportunity worth grasping” (Opinion, May 19) indicates some of the lessons of genetic modification’s chequered past are not being learnt. My research ...