Disease development is often shaped by genetics, with how much or how little a gene is expressed influencing disease risk.

Technologies needed for tracing engineered biothreats back to their sources are advancing rapidly. Here are some ...

Key breakthrough for the return of the dodo: viable cells have been obtained and genetically modified birds have been prepared.

No doubt the New Zealand Gene Technology Bill, currently awaiting its Second Reading, which will liberalise decisions about gene technology experiments and place them in the hands of a single ...

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

According to reports in The Wall Street Journal, billionaires in Silicon Valley are trying to expand the frontiers of genetic engineering in the eternal quest to create genetically engineered human ...

The ongoing shortage of organs has led researchers to look to alternatives for those in need of transplants. Indeed, only 3% of Americans with late-stage kidney disease receive a transplant each year, ...