A decade ago, scientists were chasing a different solution. Instead of editing the genes of pigs to make their organs ...

An international research team has identified a human protein, ANKLE1, as the first DNA-cutting enzyme (nuclease) in mammals ...

A new study has developed a powerful computational method that can detect how genes interact with each other to influence ...

Many medical advancements have come at the cost of rodent lives, and that's largely due to some rather surprising ...

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

Oliver Chu was born with a rare genetic condition called Hunter syndrome that impacts physical and mental development. The toddler has now exceeded doctors' expectations after becoming the first ...

Of course, there are other ethical issues, such as the child's right to choose. An embryo has no say in how the parents alter ...

Move over meat… scientists have engineered a fungal organism that produces protein more efficiently than conventional livestock while dramatically reducing environmental damage. Now, the new ...

Green MEP Martin Häusling warns that the Parliament's rapporteur is going rogue in her support for deregulation In the run-up to the final negotiations between the Council of the EU, the Parliament ...

According to reports in The Wall Street Journal, billionaires in Silicon Valley are trying to expand the frontiers of genetic engineering in the eternal quest to create genetically engineered human ...