Malaria cases have skyrocketed in Djibouti in recent years. Rachel Schraer reports on a British company helping produce ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should challenge "woefully inadequate" European regulations and launch field trials of genetically modified insects that are designed to wipe out disease-carrying bugs that ...

Genetically modified insects To avoid the problems associated with pesticides, scientists have devised new approaches that genetically alter the insects themselves in ways that cause their population ...

A study showing that potentially deadly kissing bugs can be genetically modified promises to further advance the already booming field of gene editing, and the development could provide a tool for ...

LOS ANGELES — Planting genetically modified, pest-resistant corn can provide a halo effect — offering protection from insects to nearby corn plants that have not been engineered to kill bugs, ...

A revolutionary new biological pest control method that targets the lifespan of female insects could significantly reduce the threat of insect pests such as disease-carrying mosquitoes by offering ...

An international research team led by Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) and the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture has identified the gene responsible for a ...

The conversation on GMOs has recently gained widespread attention. It refers to an organism whose genetic material has been altered in the laboratory using genetic engineering techniques such as ...