One continuing challenge is the need to suppress transplant patients' immune systems to prevent their bodies from rejecting ...

Scientists created transgenic mice with woolly mammoth–like traits. But does it really bring us closer to bringing back woolly mammoths?

Gene editing techniques are a mainstay in research labs, providing scientists with a powerful platform for implementing an almost endless variety of experiments. The translational potential of many of ...

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 ...

Genome editing has advanced at a rapid pace with promising results for treating genetic conditions—but there is always room ...

Engineers and biologists at Dartmouth College have found that, just like word order affects meaning in a sentence, the ...

Still, contemplation of these and other issues related to genetic engineering is important should the ability to create genetically enhanced humans ever arise.

Flavor is a tricky target, but technology and powerful genetic techniques are making it more feasible to improve the taste of vegetables ...

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.