Genetic engineering is moving from the lab bench into clinics, farms, and even family planning decisions, promising to change ...

Researchers created a highly efficient gene-editing method that fixes multiple DNA mutations in a single step. The breakthrough could revolutionize genetic medicine by making treatments for complex ...

The EU has agreed allow certain foods altered using genetic engineering techniques to be sold without special labeling under ...

Higher yields, greater resilience to climatic changes or diseases—the demands on crop plants are constantly growing. To ...

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

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

Fred Hutch bioengineer Dr. Matthias Stephan is working to develop a special foam that could help make gene therapy for blood stem cell defects an easy, bedside procedure that takes an afternoon. A ...

We've made some great strides in understanding the human genome, but before we can tackle genetic engineering, we have some ...

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 ...

A team of scientists created a new gene-editing tool that they claim is more accurate than the industry standard, CRISPR. Researchers from the University of Sydney, Australia, developed what is called ...

GenScript is delighted to announce its 3rd Annual Virtual Summit on Gene and Cell Engineering. This gathering will feature leaders in the life sciences from academia, pharma, and biotech, leveraging ...