Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based science company, announced on Wednesday that it is working to bring back the dodo bird ...
In an unprecedented leap in scientific discovery, a new lifeform has been constructed using a mere 57 genetic instructions.
If necessity is the mother of invention, frustration is the father. When scientists kept running into aggravating problems with the existing tools and methods they were using to perform genetic ...
Modified CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing scissors are enabling researchers to make alterations to the genetic material of single-cell organisms that are indistinguishable from natural mutations. This method ...
The UK government has launched its public consultation on the deregulation of gene editing in England. To kick things off, somewhat predictably Environment Secretary George Eustice recently spun a ...
A cup of tea in 2006 changed genetic engineering forever. Jill Banfield, a University of California at Berkeley ecosystem scientist and 1999 MacArthur Foundation fellow, had become curious in 2006 ...
Most viral infections are difficult to control and are caused by ribonucleic acid (RNA) viruses. Viral-engineering methods could be adapted to effective and smart vaccine design by integrating ...