What makes the perfect human? Immaculate features? Indomitable Intelligence? Incomparable wit? Or irresistible charm? What if you could modify your genes? What if everyone could? What are the ...

In a Maryland operating room one day in November 2025, doctors made medical history by transplanting a genetically modified ...

Researchers successfully implanted a genetically modified pig liver into a human, proving that such an organ can function for ...

Gene-edited crops are no safer than GMOs, and fast-tracking regulatory approval could trigger a costly backlash.

This breakthrough represents a big step toward creating animal hybrids capable of growing human-compatible organs, easing the ...

Genetic engineering is moving from the lab bench into clinics, farms, and even family planning decisions, promising to change ...

Scientists have kept a genetically modified pig kidney working inside a brain-dead man for 61 days – and successfully reversed two episodes of rejection, according to two papers published Thursday in ...

Despite the importance of GoF modifications, they have sometimes faced misplaced concerns or opposition that could lead to their being overregulated or even banned.

Researchers around the world are studying how the human brain achieves its extraordinary complexity. A team at the Central ...

KIT researchers succeeded for the first time in reducing the number of chromosomes in a plant using the CRISPR/Cas method – surprisingly without affecting its growth The CRISPR/Cas molecular scissors ...

EU lawmakers have been locked in intense negotiations for months on loosening rules on the use of new genetic technologies in ...