Professor David Williams, a New Zealander working on gene therapy at UCLA, has warned that the Bill is “unfair to farmers” and based on false assumptions about precision and safety. He points to ...

In a breakthrough for animal health and biosecurity, scientists at the Roslin Institute have successfully developed pigs ...

The long-awaited Gene Technology Bill has stalled because New Zealand First won’t support it as it stands. The sticking point ...

University of Edinburgh researchers engineered pigs resistant to classical swine fever by editing a gene linked to viral ...

Scientists have discovered a gene edit that could provide resistance to classical swine fever in pigs and Bovine Viral ...

Using groundbreaking genetic technology, scientists are attempting the impossible: bringing extinct animals back to life. But ...

Some conservation groups are calling for an effective ban on genetic modification, but others say these technologies are crucial for preserving biodiversity ...

The world’s largest network of environmental groups approved the exploration of genetic engineering tools to aid the ...

Liver cells are indispensable for research—for drug testing, to better understand diseases such as hepatitis, fatty liver, cirrhosis, or liver cancer and for development of future cell therapies.

A newly discovered protein from Earth's toughest animal is inspiring breakthrough therapies for cancer and cardiovascular disease.

RIKEN researchers solved a decades-old mystery of how roundworms maintain telomeres without a telomerase RNA gene. They ...

I'm sure we've all met a few toxic personalities in our time, but someone who is truly venomous isn't likely, but does that ...