He was cast as a real-life Dr Frankenstein, a scientist whose ego had led him to tamper with human life. After more than a hundred Chinese scientists issued a statement condemning his experiment, ...

Leading synthetic biologists have shared hard-won lessons from their decade-long quest to build the world's first synthetic ...

Abstract: The omnipresence of software systems across all aspects of society has necessitated that future technology professionals are aware of ethical concerns raised by the design and development of ...

In a little over ten years, organoid models—miniature, lab-grown clusters of cells that imitate real organs—have transformed how we study human development and disease while accelerating drug ...

Genetic engineering is moving from the lab bench into clinics, farms, and even family planning decisions, promising to change ...

Revolutions in gene therapy are rapidly changing the landscape of modern medicine, forcing society and science alike to ...

After releasing two gene-edited rice varieties in May this year, scientists are now focusing on developing GE varieties of ...

The century ahead may well become the age of technological motherhood, artificial reproduction and post-traditional families.

Higher yields, greater resilience to climatic changes or diseases—the demands on crop plants are constantly growing. To address these challenges, researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) ...