Scientists have coined the term "reprogenetics" to describe the combined use of reproductive and genetic technologies to select, and someday even genetically modify, embryos before implantation ...

Work has begun on something once-unthinkable: creating human DNA from scratch. Artificial DNA has long been an ethical ...

The massive project will likely take decades to complete, but it has significant oversight built into it to ensure it remains ethical.

A team of researchers from the San Raffaele-Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-TIGET, Milan), led by Nadia Coltella and ...

Now that the technology has shown promise in human cells, the researchers plan to test mvGPT in animal models, ... (2025, January 8). A new era in genetic engineering. ScienceDaily.

In his wonderful book “As Gods,” a thoughtful, lively and evocative exposition of the history of genetic engineering, English zoologist Matthew Cobb teaches us how, just a few centuries after ...

Turning to genetic modification could be a solution for a number of genetic diseases including sickle cell anemia, muscular dystrophy and cancer. This can be done through modifying human embryos ...