Scientists are pioneering a new method of genetic engineering for basic and applied biological research and medicine. Their work has the potential to open new doors in genomic research by ...

The Era of ‘Point and Click’ Genetic Engineering? A new genome editing technique is allowing us to alter DNA—the source code of life—with unprecedented precision. It is known as CRISPR ...

In a giant feat of genetic engineering, scientists have created bacteria that make proteins in a radically different way than all natural species do.

Research by Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Huimin Zhao and graduate student Behnam Enghiad at the University of Illinois is pioneering a new method of genetic engineering for ...

The discovery of the CRISPR genome-editing technology shows why basic research is so important.

Developments in genetics are confronting mankind with unprecedented human and moral problems. In order to solve these problems, ethicians and scientists must pool their expertise. This paper is ...

China is not the leading country in developing basic science of genetic engineering but the most aggressive in applying genomics in business, education, government and defense.

“As Gods” is a history of both genetic engineering and the worries—justified, dubious and sometimes outright conspiracist—it has provoked. The technology has had many successes.