Genes From Engineered Grass Spread for Miles, Study Finds
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Critics worry that a new strain of grass that is resistant to the herbicide Roundup could transfer its resistance to weedy relatives.
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In the first trial of its kind, Austrian researchers have achieved success with an allergy vaccine using genetically engineered pollen. The findings are reported in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Genetically engineered grass developed for use on golf courses can spread its modified genes for miles, carried by ultra-light pollen particles, U.S. government researchers said on Tuesday.
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Medical researchers have obtained promising results from a trial of a genetically-engineered allergy vaccine.
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Genetics pioneer Craig Venter has news from the frontiers of biology.
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By ED CULLEN  USDA plant scientists, working in a small building on the campus of Southern University, cultivate a plant Web site that gets 50 million hits a month from botanists, conservationists and landowners curious about the native or naturalized plants growing on their land.
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By Frank Munger  Cause and effect.  A couple of years ago, Oak Ridge National Laboratory invested a few million dollars in computer-controlled greenhouses for the lab's environmental research division. Now it's paying off with expanded work in plant genetics.
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Science & environment: Humans are evolving faster than ever, says a new study tracking changes in our genes. But some scientists believe we may be going backwards
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Pollen from a genetically modified grass can travel up to 21km away from its experimental planting site.
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NEW YORK Oct 22, 2004 - In a blow to human vanity, researchers now say that people have about the same number of genes as a small flowering plant or a tiny worm.
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Pollen from a genetically modified grass was found 21 kilometres from where it was planted, scientists reported in a study published Tuesday, raising fears of transgenic crossbreeding.
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Genetically engineered grass developed for use on golf courses can spread its modified genes for miles, carried by ultra-light pollen
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New research shows that prairie grasses grown using only moderate amounts of fertilizer on marginal land can produce significant amounts of ethanol
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By Ian Hoffman Barely a year ago, when President Bush first endorsed biofuels as an answer to the nations &quot;addiction to oil,&quot; scientists already were salivating at biologically engineering ordinary grasses and trees into full-blown energy crops.
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Vetiver, a grass native to India that grows 13-foot (4-meter) roots, is increasingly used as a low-cost tool to solve problems from soil erosion to pollution.
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A genetic study sheds light on the mystery of how fish made the move from water to land millions of years ago.
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Take your pick: The widening adoption of genetically engineered crops by farmers around the world is reducing global pesticide use, increasing agricultural yields and bringing unprecedented prosperity and food security to millions of the world's poorest citizens.