Genetic modification is not a new concept. Imagine if doctors were able to modify human cells to become cancer killers.

Turning to genetic modification could be a solution for a number of genetic diseases including sickle cell anemia, muscular dystrophy and cancer. This can be done through modifying human embryos ...

Genetic modification of humans: scientists call it an ethical go. How quickly will it get out of hand?

Biology and genetics are terribly, terribly complex. To begin with, you are a lot more than just you. There are roughly ten times as many bacteria cells in the human body as there are human cells ...

The team notes that discussions of the various issues related to human genetic modification be held well in advance of any nation building out its own framework of regulations to allow such work.

Heritable Genetic Modification in Food Animals, a new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, offers recommendations for identifying the ...

Genetic modification is the process of altering the genetic makeup of an organism. This has been done indirectly for thousands of years by controlled, or selective, breeding of plants and animals ...

Genetic modification sounds like something out of a scary science fiction plot but it's happening all around us. In food production, tweaking the genetics of plants to increase yield and produce ...