Scientists announce the birth of 37 pigs gene-edited to be better for human transplant.
Researchers fear that the controversial study will be a stain on China’s scientific reputation.
What happens when new technology meets old laws
What if you could make your cat hypoallergenic with biotechnology?
“Gene drives,” a technology for controlling genetic traits, could revolutionize disease prevention. But nature has a way of thwarting scientific meddling.
When dolls and friendly robots can listen and respond to what people say, where's the line between personal assistance and mass surveillance?
A visit to a facility in Guangdong province, where researchers are tinkering with monkey brains in order to understand the most severe forms of autism
A group of scientists is pushing ahead with plans to build whole genomes—including human ones—from scratch.
Giant phages have been found in French lakes, baboons from Kenya, and the human mouth.
A clinical trial for zinc-finger nucleases, a potential new method of curing genetic diseases, kicks off.