In a demonstration that could help pave the way for gene therapies with fewer side effects, several human cell types have ...

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 ...

House lawmakers pushed to cut any funding for the genetic engineering of human embryos, taking a stance on a growing bioethics issue. A House appropriations bill released this week for the Food and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Françoise Baylis is affiliated with the International Science Council, the UNESCO World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) and the Royal Society of Canada. Update ...

Genetic engineering threatens the balance of healthy microbiomes. Genetically modified microorganisms, in particular, threaten this stability.