Geneticist and genetic engineering pioneer Ray Wu died on February 10 of cardiac arrest. He was 79. In 1970, Wu developed a new location-specific primer-extension technique that became the first ...

Cornell University geneticist Ray Wu, a pioneer in genetic engineering who developed pest-, drought- and salinity-resistant rice strains that are poised for widespread use throughout the world, died ...

A Cornell University geneticist, Ray Wu, the pioneer in genetic engineering who developed pest-, drought-, and salinity-resistant rice strains poised for widespread use throughout the world, died Feb.

ITHACA, N.Y., Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Ray Wu, a biochemist and genetic engineer who led research into genetically modified crops and environmental stress, died in New York at the age of 79. Wu introduced ...