CHICAGO (Reuters) - A group of U.S. scientists and activists on Monday called for a global ban on the use of new tools to edit the genes of human embryos, in a report issued a day before a major ...

(NewsNation) — A Silicon Valley startup is drawing scrutiny for allegedly attempting to genetically engineer human embryos. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the company Preventive is working ...

Over millennia, there has been a seamless continuum of technologies for genetic modification of plants, animals, and microorganisms, with progressive improvements in precision and predictability -- a ...

Update: since this article was published, South Africa’s health authorities have withdrawn the section on heritable human genome editing that was included in version 3 of the National Health Research ...

What if you could screen embryos for diseases before they became babies? What if you had the power to choose the traits your baby would have? Would you use it? These practically polar opposite ...

Almost 100 years ago, Carrie Buck was raped, labeled an “imbecile,” and sterilized by order of the state — all in the name of genetic progress. Today, we no longer use that word, but the dream of ...

A new study in the Journal of Hepatology reports on an auxiliary liver xenotransplant from a genetically engineered pig to a living human recipient. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech ...

Why are some people unable to hear from birth, even though their inner ear appears intact? One possible cause lies in the so-called OTOF gene. It plays a central role in transmitting sound signals ...

An ad hoc committee appointed by the National Academies to explore heritable genetic modifications of food animals. This committee will address methods for heritable genetic modifications and identify ...