Editing genes in sperm, eggs and embryos is currently banned in the United States. The current effort by Preventive, a ...

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Chromosomes can vary in length and size, but they usually carry thousands of base pairs of DNA. While scientists have successfully edited the genomes of many creatures, most of those edits have been ...

During her chemistry Nobel Prize lecture in 2018, Frances Arnold said, “Today we can for all practical purposes read, write, and edit any sequence of DNA, but we cannot compose it.” That isn’t true ...

For decades, excessive, unscientific regulation has slowed innovation using molecular genetic engineering. Policymakers must awaken to the realization that regulations based on pseudoscience or ...

Graduate student Arjun Ojha Kshetry and colleagues combined two key genes: WIND1, which reprograms cells near a wound, and ...

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An international team of researchers has used genetic engineering to create the first ever “product-ready” antivenom for ...

As Earth's climate warms and changes, sustainable agricultural practices are critical for feeding a rapidly growing population. Can we genetically ...

Genetically engineered breeders that lay only female chicks would eliminate the culling of day-old male chicks.