The rise of gene-edited embryos has raised a myriad of ethical questions. It involves altering DNA to prevent disease or even to choose specific traits using a method known as CRISPR. In 2018, Chinese ...

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

Rob Reynish asks readers to look behind the political labels to what science can do to keep our food industries from falling ...

Sydney Brenner, biologist and winner of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for Medicine, says many of the current attempts to “improve” the human race through genetic manipulation are “ridiculous” and he ...

This academic-industry partnership reflects the need for a multidisciplinary approach to innovation in cell and gene therapy manufacturing.

In mid-November, a lengthy bit of viral and repeatedly copied-and-pasted-text spread across various social media platforms and fringe conspiracy websites. The post, whatever platform it finds itself ...

Recent advances in the transplantation of stem cell-derived insulin-producing beta cells (SC-beta cells) to treat type 1 diabetes (T1D) has generated considerable interest and excitement. A major ...

We transferred new genetic information into human cell lines and hematopoietic stem cells using retrovirus vectors. These vectors, containing the dominant selectable gene (neo) for resistance to the ...