This engineered genome will help experts tailor organisms to fit the needs of their ever-changing environments.

These are just a few of the ways that genomics is influencing the development of sustainable bioenergy sources and conversion processes, and many other genetic solutions have yet to be explored.

After more than a decade of work, researchers have reached a major milestone in their efforts to re-engineer life in the lab, putting together the final chromosome in a synthetic yeast (Saccharomyces ...

How did it become possible to sequence the 3 billion base pairs in the human genome? More than a quarter of a century’s worth of work from hundreds of scientists made such projects possible.

Cattivelli, an expert on the wheat genome, says the next chapter of the story deals with our immediate future; scientists must develop new varieties of wheat and other staple crops to meet the rapid ...