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

Silicon Valley heavyweights Sam Altman of OpenAI and Coinbase founder Brian Armstrong are among the notable names investing ...

We believe that if proven safe, this could be one of the most important health technologies of our lifetimes.' ...

Genetically engineered humans may still sound like the stuff of science fiction, but the quest to create genetically modified babies is getting a reboot. NPR's health correspondent Rob Stein brings us ...

Regulators are supposed to abide by society's “bargain” with them: Civil servants are granted lifetime tenure and protected from political pressure and retaliation, and in return, they are supposed to ...

New Human Gastric Organoids could prove vital in the search for a type 1 diabetes cure without the risk of immune rejection.

A clandestine startup privately funded by tech billionaires is looking into germline gene editing a human embryo.

A new study reversed transplant rejection twice, uncovering the reasons for transplant rejection on a cellular level ...

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

Scientists have kept a genetically modified pig kidney working inside a brain-dead man for 61 days – and successfully ...