Explore CRISPR technology explained, gene editing science, DNA modification, and genetic engineering ethics—discover how ...

Editing genes in sperm, eggs and embryos is currently banned in the United States. The current effort by Preventive, a ...

For decades, excessive, unscientific regulation has slowed innovation using molecular genetic engineering. Policymakers must awaken to the realization that regulations based on pseudoscience or ...

Many scientists predict that, by the middle of this century, we will be able to cure many diseases and even enhance human capabilities such as intelligence and physical stamina by means of genetic ...

As Earth's climate warms and changes, sustainable agricultural practices are critical for feeding a rapidly growing population. Can we genetically engineer crops to adapt to drought and other effects ...

FOR more than 50 years, biologists have been genetically engineering organisms in increasingly precise ways. From the early, crude methods of the 1960s and 1970s, to the modern “gene editing” ...

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As Earth's climate warms and changes, sustainable agricultural practices are critical for feeding a rapidly growing population. Can we genetically ...

Back in the depths of time, athletes used ginseng, opium and steroids from sheep testicles to enhance their performance. Anabolic steroids made their debut in sports in the 1940s and 50s, and chemical ...

Genetically engineered breeders that lay only female chicks would eliminate the culling of day-old male chicks.