Hospitals may soon have a faster option, thanks to a groundbreaking system built in part by Sneha Goenka, an assistant ...

Genetically engineered cell lines used in biomedical research have long been prone to misidentification and unauthorized use, ...

The discovery of CRISPR-Cas9’s gene-editing prowess revolutionized genetic engineering just over a decade ago. Now it appears that genetic engineering technology may be taking its next big leap.

In a groundbreaking achievement, scientists have developed the world’s pioneer “living computer” made entirely of cells. This ...

Genetically engineered cell lines used in biomedical research have long been prone to misidentification and unauthorized use, wasting billions of dollars each year and jeopardizing critical scientific ...

With CRISPR-Cas9 technology, humans can now rapidly change the evolutionary course of animals or plants by inserting genes that can easily spread through entire populations. An evolutionary geneticist ...

On November 25, 2018, Chinese scientist He Jiankui made history as he genetically edited two embryos and implanted them into a woman’s uterus, the embryos later created real babies. Even more ...

Humans have been selectively breeding cats and dogs for thousands of years to make more desirable pets. A new startup called the Los Angeles Project aims to speed up that process with genetic ...

Few sectors of the global economy are more hooked on gene modification technology than agriculture. Food powerhouses like the U.S., Brazil, and Argentina now grow genetically modified crops on 40, 23, ...