Scientists have discovered that a simple genetic modification may result in crops needing up to 25 percent less water than unaltered plants to produce the same yield. An international team led by ...

Altering a mosquito's gut genes to make them spread antimalarial genes to the next generation of their species shows promise as an approach to curb malaria. Altering a mosquito's gut genes to make ...

A relatively simple peptide modification could unlock a whole class of targets for drug discovery, new research shows. Researchers at the University of Birmingham, in collaboration with the ...

Proteins are essential parts of organisms; thus, they are widely used in medicine, biology and chemistry. Enhancing their inherent properties by adding functional molecules to their structures is a ...