Regulators are supposed to abide by society's “bargain” with them: Civil servants are granted lifetime tenure and protected from political pressure and retaliation, and in return, they are supposed to ...

Doctors just blurred the line between species with a radical transplant. Could this be the key to immortality?

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary ...

Genetically engineered humans may still sound like the stuff of science fiction, but the quest to create genetically modified babies is getting a reboot. NPR's health correspondent Rob Stein brings us ...

CAR T cells are patient-derived, genetically engineered immune cells. They are "living drugs" and constitute a milestone in ...

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have created the first genetically engineered model of lung cancer in naked mole rats, a species long thought to be resistant to cancer. The findings, published in ...

A new study suggests culture is reshaping human evolution faster than DNA, redefining how our species adapts, survives, and ...

For decades, gene-editing science has been limited to making small, precise edits to human DNA, akin to correcting typos in ...