Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Splicing DNA in petri dish. The rise of gene-edited embryos has raised a myriad of ethical questions. It involves altering DNA to ...

Learn how engineered hookworms produced toxin-fighting antibodies inside animal hosts, opening the door to a new kind of long ...

New York researchers took healthy human embryos and successfully modified their genetic code by focusing on a single letter.

A GENETICALLY modified worm could deliver essential treatment inside your body for IBS or diabetes, research has suggested.

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An understanding of the origin and dynamics of heritable genetic variation within classical animal breeding programs is needed to provide the context for understanding the contributions and concerns ...

The EU has relaxed its rules on gene-editing. Now, only some gene-edited crops are regulated by the stringent GMO directive.

MANILA, Philippines — The adoption of genetically modified cotton could help weave a new future for the country’s cotton industry. Abraham Manalo, executive secretary of the Biotechnology Coalition of ...

Those who voted in favor believe that, as long as there are no more than twenty mutations, the food is not genetically ...

Humans have selectively bred animals and crops since the beginning of agriculture, but advances in biotechnology have provided genetic tools to select specific traits. First applied to animals in the ...