The genetic engineering of human beings has been a dream and a nightmare since scientists first speculated about it a century ago. Futurists and transhumanists have long thought that genetic ...

Dallas-based biotechnology company Colossal Biosciences announced the successful birth of three healthy dire wolf pups after ...

A baby known as KJ is the first person in the world to receive a customized CRISPR therapy designed to fix a specific ...

Genetic engineering, also known as genetic modification, is a set of technologies used to change the genetic makeup of cells, including the transfer of genes within and across species boundaries to ...

Natural products are among the most promising candidates for the development of new drugs. However, due to their structural complexity, they are often difficult to access.

“Numerous proteins naturally rich in α-helical structures could serve as ideal platforms for engineering multiple uranyl-binding sites. By applying the genetic engineering strategy, we can ...

Weiss et al. engineered the tobacco rattle virus to express the RNA-guided TnpB enzyme ISYmu1 and guide RNA for transgene-free germline editing in Arabidopsis thaliana.

In the future, researchers are hoping to use genetic engineering to be able to overcome some inherited disorders, such as cystic fibrosis and Huntington's disease amongst others.

Touching Base is the dynamic podcast series from the editors of GEN. Each episode features a rotating case of senior editors—including John Sterling, Kevin Davies, Julianna LeMieux, Alex ...

Addressing the “International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology” (ICGEB) Board Meeting of Governors here today ...

Risks of genetic engineering: Transfer of the selected gene into other species. What benefits one plant may harm another. Some people believe it is not ethical to interfere with nature in this way.