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

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

To battle the rising cost of healthcare and the ever-increasing age of the workforce, healthcare employers must begin to assess ways to help their workforce live healthier lives - by utilizing digital ...

What we choose to study—whether fine art or finance—is one of the most influential decisions in our lives. It shapes not only career trajectories, but also income, fertility, and well-being. As access ...

With genetic engineering, humans have recently unleashed a surreal fantasia: pigs that excrete less environment-polluting phosphorus, ducklings hatched from chicken eggs, beagles that glow ruby red ...

If you ask Josiah Zayner, the genetic engineering revolution will not come in the form of designer babies or mutant super crops, but in the form of a bottle of glowing beer. Zayner is a biohacker.

This week marks the 37th anniversary of the approval of human insulin – the first biotech drug ever. Almost as revolutionary as the drug was its five-month approval by the FDA, which was two years ...

*And here they explicate their reasoning, which is pretty extensive. This is an excerpt from the quite extensive document of 2008, "Dignitas Personae: On Certain ...