Researchers have succeeded in making human skin cells behave like egg cells, though the resulting fertilized embryos run them ...

Humans have selectively bred animals and crops since the beginning of agriculture, but advances in biotechnology have provided genetic tools to select specific traits. First applied to animals in the ...

The company is advancing a robust pipeline of ENB-based therapeutics targeting both rare and prevalent chronic diseases, ...

More work needs to be done to create viable human embryos, but the method might someday be used in IVF to help infertile people and male couples.

A new study has created a map of DNA modification in two regions of the brain critical to learning, memory and emotional regulation. The map offers a benchmark for ensuring stem cell-based models ...

Françoise Baylis is affiliated with the International Science Council, the UNESCO World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) and the Royal Society of Canada. Update ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Placing edited genes in competition within humans could yield quicker results and reduce the cost of adoptive ...