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

Conservatives and progressives both have reasons for opposing it. The genetic engineering of human beings has been a dream and a nightmare since scientists first speculated about it a century ago.

In a new paper in Nature Communications, researchers in the Center for Precision Engineering for Health (CPE4H) at the ...

Wildlife conservationist turned legal scholar Alex Erwin constructs the legal framework to begin to establish guidance around ...

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Genetic engineering has revolutionized the field of medicine by enabling the production of recombinant proteins, such as insulin and human growth hormone, in bacteria or other host organisms. Gene ...

Colossal Biosciences — the world's first de-extinction company — has raised $435 million in total funding since its 2021 ...

A new study reveals how Staphylococcus aureus can adapt and evolve to survive in and on its human carriers at a genetic level ...

Genetic engineering, the science of altering DNA to improve or change the characteristics of living things, is making huge ...

"Toxic male technique" genetically engineers male insects to produce insect-specific venom proteins in their semen.