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

Samira Kiani is a professor of genetic engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the co-producer of Make People Better, which premiered at this week at Hot Docs. The views presented are ...

What if you could screen embryos for diseases before they became babies? What if you had the power to choose the traits your baby would have? Would you use it? These practically polar opposite ...

Human genetic engineering has always been the stuff of science-fiction novels and blockbuster Hollywood films. Except that it is no longer confined to books and movies. Scientists and doctors are ...

Explore the world of human genetic engineering and its rapid evolution in treating diseases with gene therapy trials. In practice, it has taken decades for gene therapy to reach patients, particularly ...

The return of the long-extinct wooly mammoth or dodo bird may sound like a storyline straight out of science fiction. It’s not. Several de-extinction projects all share an ambitious aim to resurrect ...

Last year Stuart Brand, principal author of the back-to-the-land, simplicity-is-god, do-it-yourself, hippie bible known as The Whole Earth Catalogue, opined about the irreversibility of technological ...

Genetic engineering is the transfer of DNA between organisms using biotechnology. Check your understanding of the process with this interactive quiz. Revise the different stages of genetic engineering ...