Scientist He Jiankui will likely go down in history as the first human to genetically engineer another living person. He has ...

Picture CRISPR-Cas9, a gene editing technology, as a GPS-guided scalpel: gRNA directs the Cas9 enzyme, a protein that cuts ...

Researchers describe minimal versatile genetic perturbation technology (mvGPT). Capable of precisely editing genes, activating gene expression and repressing genes all at the same time, the technology ...

Engineering offers high salaries, strong job growth, and high satisfaction rates. With roles spanning from software to ...

Almost 100 years ago, Carrie Buck was raped, labeled an “imbecile,” and sterilized by order of the state — all in the name of genetic progress. Today, we no longer use that word, but the dream of ...

As genetic engineering technologies such as clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) improve and ...

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift—driven not by genes, but by culture. "Human evolution seems to be changing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sign with the inscription "Genfood" stands symbolically in front of a genetically modified corn cob. Patrick Pleul/dpa A ...