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 ...

Genetic engineering, also known as genetic modification, is a set of technologies used to change the genetic makeup of cells, including the transfer of genes within and across species boundaries to ...

Editing genes in sperm, eggs and embryos is currently banned in the United States. The current effort by Preventive, a ...

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

Modifying the genetic structure of organisms is a central part of modern biotechnology. This article will discuss biotechnology and genetic engineering, providing an overview of the subject.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. Has the human game begun to play itself out? That’s the daunting question posed in the new book by environmentalist and journalist Bill ...

In science fiction cinema, few films have delved as deeply into the ethical and philosophical implications of genetic engineering as "Gattaca." Released in 1997 and directed by Andrew Niccol, the ...