Today's high-tech electronics and green energy technologies would not function without rare earth elements (REEs). These 17 ...

Editing genes in sperm, eggs and embryos is currently banned in the United States. The current effort by Preventive, a Silicon Valley startup, involves a couple with a genetic abnormality who want to ...

Silicon Valley heavyweights Sam Altman of OpenAI and Coinbase founder Brian Armstrong are among the notable names investing ...

According to a Wall Street Journal report, the company Preventive is working toward genetically engineering its first baby ...

As Earth's climate warms and changes, sustainable agricultural practices are critical for feeding a rapidly growing population. Can we genetically engineer crops to adapt to drought and other effects ...

Sam Altman and his husband have reportedly invested in a gene-editing startup which aims to eliminate hereditary diseases ...

Fred Hutch bioengineer Dr. Matthias Stephan is working to develop a special foam that could help make gene therapy for blood ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that ...

Silicon Valley startups are pushing the boundaries of reproductive genetics, hoping to prevent diseases as well as improve chances for a high IQ ...

Some scientists looking to preserve vulnerable species have turned to a controversial technique: synthetic biology. This ...

A Ninth Circuit ruling struck down the United States Department of Agriculture’s exemption for highly refined GE ingredients ...