A new experiment has seen a genetically modified pig liver keep a human patient alive, marking a potential turning point in ...

Researchers successfully implanted a genetically modified pig liver into a human, proving that such an organ can function for an extended period. The graft supported essential liver processes before ...

A Nobel laureate, he identified an enzyme that cuts DNA, laying the groundwork for milestones in scientific research and ...

Over the past three decades, genetic research and breeding have greatly enhanced the meat yield of livestock and aquaculture.

This breakthrough represents a big step toward creating animal hybrids capable of growing human-compatible organs, easing the ...

Recent research has highlighted other health concerns related to cooking oils. Deep frying at high temperatures, particularly with reused oils, increases the production of toxic compounds—including ...

Key breakthrough for the return of the dodo: viable cells have been obtained and genetically modified birds have been prepared.

The IUCN vote holds no legal weight in any nation, but it is of huge symbolic, cultural and political importance. By ...

No doubt the New Zealand Gene Technology Bill, currently awaiting its Second Reading, which will liberalise decisions about gene technology experiments and place them in the hands of a single ...

All the cells in an organism have the exact same genetic sequence. What differs across cell types is their epigenetics-meticulously placed chemical tags that influence which genes are expressed in ...

A woolly mammoth that was frozen in the Siberian permafrost for nearly 40,000 years has yielded the world’s oldest RNA. The specimen, found in 2010 and nicknamed Yuka, is regarded as the ...

At a meeting of top conservation groups this week, a bioethics question took center stage: Should scientists be allowed to tinker with the genes of wild plants and animals? The tentative consensus so ...