They may not be exactly blue in color, but the long-awaited commercial release of the blue rose is set to take place in Japan next week (November 3). Thought to be impossible to create because they ...

For centuries, gardeners have attempted to breed blue roses with no success. But now, thanks to modern biotechnology, the elusive blue rose may finally be attainable. Researchers have found a way to ...

As genetic engineering continues to advance, playing God has never seemed so easy. And yet humans have never seemed so powerless. Consider the blue rose. For centuries, blue roses were considered ...

May 7, 2004 — -- Giving mom a rose for Mother's Day? Thanks to an enzyme found in human liver, it might soon be possible to present her with the flower industry's Holy Grail: A blue rose. Roses ...

Long a symbol of the unattainable, blue roses will be for sale this fall in the United States and Canada. Named "Applause," the rose is genetically modified to synthesize delphinidin, a pigment found ...

Genetic engineers in Australia say they have isolated the gene that controls the color blue-and have stuck it into the red red rose. The quest, which has taken four years, is likened to the search for ...