Colossal Biosciences' chief scientist has clarified that its "dire wolves" are just genetically modified gray wolves ...

The child will need to be monitored throughout his life, but researchers said the treatment’s success indicates that other ...

Researchers at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) have identified a remarkably small but critical piece of genetic code ...

A “genetic surgery” or “interventional genetics” system for individualized treatments would be a marriage of drug development ...

This week a group of researchers, bioethicists, publishers and theologians are discussing the merits of human heritable genome editing.

SEATTLE, May 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- For years, the public has been told that human beings and chimpanzees are, in genetic terms, only "1 percent" different. But according to Discovery Institute ...

Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate.

Information on hazards to human health related to food animals developed using heritable genetic modification techniques; Information on hazards to the health of the target food animal species ...

For the first time, doctors have created a customized treatment using the revolutionary gene-editing technique known as ...

The technoscientific ambition to improve human beings, as promoted by transhumanists, is the ultimate expression of the ...

Organ transplant is a potentially lifesaving medical intervention, but there is a critical lack of donor organs. Even in a wealthy country like the US, there are about 100,000 people on the waiting l ...

Discover what the National Academies are doing in various topic areas to strengthen the fields of science, engineering, and medicine and their capacity to contribute to the well-being of our nation ...