For the first time, surgeons have transplanted a kidney from a genetically modified pig into a living person, doctors in Boston said Thursday. Richard Slayman, 62, of Weymouth, Mass., who is suffering ...

Doctors just blurred the line between species with a radical transplant. Could this be the key to immortality?

Humans have selectively bred animals and crops since the beginning of agriculture, but advances in biotechnology have provided genetic tools to select specific traits. First applied to animals in the ...

Genetic engineering is considered one of the most sophisticated scientific tools for changing the genetic blueprint of a living organism according to our suitable design. This attention-seeking branch ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A group of U.S. scientists and activists on Monday called for a global ban on the use of new tools to edit the genes of human embryos, in a report issued a day before a major ...

NEAR BLACKSBURG, Va. — It's a crisp, clear winter day as I drive down a winding two-lane road through the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in southwest Virginia and turn onto an unmarked gravel ...

Over millennia, there has been a seamless continuum of technologies for genetic modification of plants, animals, and microorganisms, with progressive improvements in precision and predictability – a ...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — With the increased need for organ transplants, Revivicor is offering a new type of option for folks. According to HRSA, over 100,000 people are waiting for an organ ...

FLORIDA, USA — Nearly everyone has been bitten by a mosquito before. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 200 types of mosquitoes live in the United States, and about 12 ...