University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
‘We need new tools including genetic engineering’: Climate change is terrible for crops, but great for weeds
By the end of the century, scientists expect climate change to reduce corn yield significantly, with some estimating losses up ...
To adapt to changing climates, we need to overhaul how we breed corn and soybeans
U.S. corn and soybean varieties have become increasingly heat and drought resistant as agricultural production adapts to a changing climate ...
Next Congress might steer course of CRISPR revolution by setting ethical limits on gene editing of human sperm and eggs
[W]hat if geneticists could sidestep the [human embryo genome editing] controversy by editing sperm and eggs instead? According to a ...
