Attitudes toward cloning, biotechnology, and genetically modified products differ depending upon people's level of education and interpretations of what each of these terms mean. Support varies ...

The second person ever has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney.

Cell line development plays a pivotal role in the manufacturing of therapeutic proteins, vaccines and other biologics.

In a groundbreaking experiment, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have successfully created a ...

Scientists in China have manipulated embryonic stem cells to create laboratory mice with two male parents that managed to ...

In the new study, mice were created through genetic editing of mouse embryonic stem cells targeting a class ... restore only ...

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Figure 1: Sequence alignments, structures and expression patterns of mouse Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b.

Genetic modification can be used to produce plants that improve food production. For example, a plant may be produced with improved resistance to pests. However, there are ethical issues involved ...

A team of researchers has successfully engineered a bi-paternal mouse - a mouse with two dads - that survived until adulthood ...