For the creation, insertion and replication of these sequences in the target host, molecular cloning techniques are key. It should, however, be noted that genome “modification”, “engineering” and ...

Twenty-five years ago, the scientific breakthrough of mammalian cloning marked a monumental moment in medicine and science. I, the only physician in the U.S. Senate at the time, journeyed to the ...

Byline: Kaitlyn Gomez Imagine if scientists could reach back through time and recover the genetic blueprints of species that vanished thousands of years ago, then use those ancient instructions to ...

Scientists start a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life, in what is thought to be a world first.

Turning to genetic modification could be a solution for a number of genetic diseases including sickle cell anemia, muscular dystrophy and cancer. This can be done through modifying human embryos ...

Information on hazards to the health of the target food animal species developed using heritable genetic modification techniques; Information on any other potential hazards that might reasonably be ...

If successful, the genetic modification developed by the Transmission Zero team could provide a long-term solution by ...

Aquaculture and genetic modification could provide the basis for solving some of the world’s food insecurity problems in the coming decades, Israeli scientists believe. By 2050, the global ...

Heritable Genetic Modification in Food Animals, a new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, offers recommendations for identifying the ...

But genetic modification is a controversial endeavor. Governments are hesitant, and few in Africa have laws to regulate the use of the technology. Its risks lie in the unknowns: ...