What if you could screen embryos for diseases before they became babies? What if you had the power to choose the traits your baby would have? Would you use it? These practically polar opposite ...

Humans have selectively bred animals and crops since the beginning of agriculture, but advances in biotechnology have provided genetic tools to select specific traits. First applied to animals in the ...

And so it has come to pass: Chinese scientists at the University in Guangzhou have created the first genetically modified human embryos. Although there had been rumors circulating for some time that ...

Scientists are exploring genetically modified mosquitoes to reduce malaria transmission by altering mosquito populations at ...

Update: since this article was published, South Africa’s health authorities have withdrawn the section on heritable human genome editing that was included in version 3 of the National Health Research ...

A new study in the Journal of Hepatology reports on an auxiliary liver xenotransplant from a genetically engineered pig to a living human recipient. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech ...

Explore the contrasting acceptance of gene therapy and genetic crop modification, highlighting societal attitudes and ...

Almost 100 years ago, Carrie Buck was raped, labeled an “imbecile,” and sterilized by order of the state — all in the name of genetic progress. Today, we no longer use that word, but the dream of ...

An ad hoc committee appointed by the National Academies to explore heritable genetic modifications of food animals. This committee will address methods for heritable genetic modifications and identify ...