Genetic engineering is considered one of the most sophisticated scientific tools for changing the genetic blueprint of a living organism according to our suitable design. This attention-seeking branch ...

Professor David Williams, a New Zealander working on gene therapy at UCLA, has warned that the Bill is “unfair to farmers” and based on false assumptions about precision and safety. He points to ...

THIS WEEK, between January 18th and 27th, thousands of volunteers in a band of territory stretching across north-eastern Australia from Darwin to Brisbane are venturing into the night with torches and ...

We are now in the second great wave of the genetic revolution, not defined by reading the human code of life, but by rewriting it.

Some conservation groups are calling for an effective ban on genetic modification, but others say these technologies are ...

Is it okay to genetically engineer wild plants and animals? The International Union for Conservation of Nature voted in favor ...

Microcephaly is a congenital malformation that leads to a significantly reduced brain size and is often accompanied by developmental delay.

Cutting-edge DNA mapping technology identified new genetic information that can help researchers decipher more genetic diseases, a new study found. The research will be presented at the Pediatric ...

Scientists have genetically engineered mice with some key characteristics of an extinct animal that was far larger — the woolly mammoth. This "woolly mouse" marks an important step toward achieving ...