The leading U.S. scientific organization, responding to concerns expressed by scientists and ethicists, has launched an ambitious initiative to recommend guidelines for new genetic technology that ...

Gene-editing pioneer Jennifer Doudna will join an all-star gathering of world leaders in the field for a free public forum, The Future and Ethics of Genome Editing, May 23 on the CU Boulder campus.

A new technology known as gene drive can increase the likelihood that desirable engineered traits in a mosquito are passed on to all of its offspring in the next generation, ultimately spreading ...

Walter Isaacson sits down with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and oncologist Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee to discuss the world’s second leading cause of death, cancer, and the ethical implications of ...

A revolutionary gene-editing technology made headlines this year as much for the ethical and societal issues it raised as for the scientific accomplishments it enabled. CRISPR (pronounced crisper ...

The National Health Commission and the Ministry of Science and Technology issued a statement on Wednesday saying they are paying a lot of attention to the case of two gene-edited babies - a matter ...

The leading U.S. scientific organization, responding to concerns expressed by scientists and ethicists, has launched an ambitious initiative to recommend guidelines for new genetic technology that has ...