Japan is set to outlaw research and treatments involving the genetic modification of human fertilized eggs using genome editing technology and their subsequent implantation into human or animal ...

Why are some people unable to hear from birth, even though their inner ear appears intact? One possible cause lies in the ...

An ad hoc committee appointed by the National Academies to explore heritable genetic modifications of food animals. This committee will address methods for heritable genetic modifications and identify ...

In a demonstration that could help pave the way for gene therapies with fewer side effects, several human cell types have ...

"Wider, appropriate and long-term application of genetic improvement in aquaculture, with a focus on selective breeding, will help boost food production to meet a projected increase in demand for fish ...

To create broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower, your great-great-grandpappy relied on random genetic mixing between two parent ...

Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, the University Medical Center Göttingen, and the Max Planck Institute for ...

Genetic defects are exceedingly common, which is not surprising considering just how many cells make up our bodies, including our reproductive cells. While most of these defects have no or only minor ...