300,000 Americans contract Lyme disease each year. A gene editing solution could reduce that dramatically

300,000 Americans contract Lyme disease each year. A gene editing solution could reduce that dramatically

Pennsylvania State University | 
Reducing tick-borne diseases, such as Lyme disease, may now be possible thanks to two new gene editing methods developed by ...
‘Little crop of horrors’? Genes harvested from carnivorous plants and genetically engineered into tomatoes and other crops could fend off pests

‘Little crop of horrors’? Genes harvested from carnivorous plants and genetically engineered into tomatoes and other crops could fend off pests

They won’t devour insects with leafy jaws, but with help from carnivorous plant genes, tomatoes, tobacco and other crops could ...
Plumeria Whiteflies

CRISPR could stop destructive whiteflies from infecting food crops with viral pathogens

Pennsylvania State University | 
Whiteflies are among the most important agricultural pests in the world, yet they have been difficult to genetically manipulate and ...
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Honey bee defenses could be strengthened through genes linked to stress resilience

Pennsylvania State University | 
A core set of genes involved in the responses of honey bees to multiple diseases caused by viruses and parasites ...
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