What makes the perfect human? Immaculate features? Indomitable Intelligence? Incomparable wit? Or irresistible charm? What if you could modify your genes? What if everyone could? What are the ...

In a Maryland operating room one day in November 2025, doctors made medical history by transplanting a genetically modified ...

Researchers successfully implanted a genetically modified pig liver into a human, proving that such an organ can function for ...

This breakthrough represents a big step toward creating animal hybrids capable of growing human-compatible organs, easing the ...

Genetic engineering is moving from the lab bench into clinics, farms, and even family planning decisions, promising to change ...

Cottonseeds could help reduce hunger and add new revenue for farmers. One researcher has been working for decades to make ...

Cottonseeds could help reduce hunger and add new revenue for farmers. One researcher has been working for decades to make ...

Despite the importance of GoF modifications, they have sometimes faced misplaced concerns or opposition that could lead to their being overregulated or even banned.

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

EU lawmakers have been locked in intense negotiations for months on loosening rules on the use of new genetic technologies in ...

Tiny structures inside your cells keep your body alive by turning food into fuel. These structures, called mitochondria, ...