The genetic code is the recipe for life, and provides the instructions for how to make proteins, generally using just 20 ...

Siraj Wahhaj and the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing . . . Again Audio By Carbonatix Our pal Andrew Stuttaford tweeted a story about a CRISPR genetic engineering experiment from the Financial Times. I ...

Genetic engineering, also known as genetic modification, is a set of technologies used to change the genetic makeup of cells, including the transfer of genes within and across species boundaries to ...

The return of the long-extinct wooly mammoth or dodo bird may sound like a storyline straight out of science fiction. It’s not. Several de-extinction projects all share an ambitious aim to resurrect ...

A new study reports that political discussions about genetically modified foods have ignored concerns among Danes that GM foods are 'unnatural'. While a many Danes question whether genetically ...

It is a fairly common occurrence for couples to have differing opinions of what to put on the dinner table — no two people can always agree on the same foods. Rarely, however, does a couple work at ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Humanity's efforts to modify food plants is as old as farming itself, some 10,000 years. Before genetic engineering became possible, farmers have used simple selection inter- and ...

Trans-Pacific View author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into the U.S. Asia policy. This ...

Today’s genetic engineers have a plethora of resources at their disposal: an ever-increasing number of massive datasets available online, highly precise gene editing tools like CRISPR, and cheap gene ...

David Ishee’s plan was simple, if not exactly free of complication. From the shed that functions as his laboratory in rural Mississippi, he hoped to use genetic engineering to rid dogs of the types of ...