There are no guidelines on when to use genetic modification on humans, which brings up a debate on what circumstances warrant it. "Some people will agree that using genome editing to modify a ...

Genetic defects are exceedingly common, which is not surprising considering just how many cells make up our bodies, including our reproductive cells. While most of these defects have no or only ...

Half a century ago, the first genetically modified organism ushered in a new ... Traditional breeding and genetic engineering can amp up those nutrients, and rice has been an obvious target.

Discover how scientists essentially added a guide molecule to the gene editor to help it insert an entire gene into the most ...

Genetic medicine reaches a major milestone with a system capable of inserting entire genes into human DNA. This breakthrough ...

Now researchers are learning that they have also evolved another remarkable genetic adaptation since their ancestors first ...

These new results from southernmost Africa are quite different and suggest a long history of relative genetic stability,” ...

to cause serious harm to human, animal, or plant health. “Genetically modified organisms” include organisms in which the genetic material (nucleic acid sequences) has been altered in a way that does ...

Farmers have been improving the genetics of their animals for thousands of years through selective breeding. Wild boars were bred until they lost their tusks and gained fattier meat. Breeding cattle ...

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

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 ...

Four of the pigs are pregnant with cloned pig embryos that were genetically modified ... by the human immune system. "Every cell in the body of this animal has those same genetic modifications.