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

All the cells in an organism have the exact same genetic sequence. What differs across cell types is their ...

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 ...

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 ...

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” ...

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

The European Commission, which is the executive arm of the European Union, recently announced that it intends to loosen rules for gene-edited plants. Seeds derived through gene-editing technologies ...

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 ...

(Reuters) - Scientists in China have manipulated embryonic stem cells to create laboratory mice with two male parents that managed to live to adulthood - though with significant developmental ...