“There is no genetic-process-only phenomena, as there is no epigenetic-only phenomena. The age of genetic determinism needs to end,” he says. Genetics only paints half the picture of human ...

Is human genetic modification simply a taboo for the present, or a moral quandary that spans changes in culture and time, asks Stephanie Saulter, author of the new novel "Gemsigns." ...

Genetic modification is the process of altering the genetic makeup of an organism. This has been done indirectly for thousands of years by controlled, or selective, breeding of plants and animals.

Genetic sequencing and editing, from the realm of science fiction less than a quarter-century ago has turned real with a vengeance, leaving the human race unprepared for its consequences finds out ...

Biologists have developed an efficient way to genetically modify human embryonic stem cells. Their approach, which uses bacterial artificial chromosomes to swap in defective copies of genes, will ...