There’s been a lot of talk lately in the news about genetic engineering (aka, genetic modification), about its promise and its pitfalls and everything in between, so it’s a concept we all better get ...

Higher yields, greater resilience to climatic changes or diseases—the demands on crop plants are constantly growing. To ...

Bruno Bowden, a programmer-turned-angel-investor, doesn't have the answers, but he does want to start talking about these questions now, before the technology arrives in full force. "This is a very ...

For decades, excessive, unscientific regulation has slowed innovation using molecular genetic engineering. Policymakers must awaken to the realization that regulations based on pseudoscience or ...

Siraj Wahhaj and the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing . . . Again Audio By Carbonatix Our pal Andrew Stuttaford tweeted a story about a CRISPR genetic engineering experiment from the Financial Times. I ...

In these waning days of the second decade of the twenty-first century, technologists and investors are beginning to lay the foundations for new, truly transformational technologies that have the ...

In 1982, when I wrote my first ethics column for Genetic Engineering News, enthusiasm for genetic engineering’s potential to remake medicine, manufacturing, and agriculture was set against grave ...

Doctors have cloned and made genetic modifications to animals, but did you know they’ve also created glow-in-the-dark dogs and flu-free chickens? We often talk about what biotechnology means for ...

As Earth's climate warms and changes, sustainable agricultural practices are critical for feeding a rapidly growing population. Can we genetically engineer crops to adapt to drought and other effects ...

A recent headline in the United Kingdom’s Independent shouts that the first genetically modified human embryos could be created in Britain in just a few weeks. The article by Steve Connor reports that ...