But what's coming next is likely to be more profound, call it the genetic information age ... are among the "neuroatypicals." They're engineering human organ tissue. Cory Smith: I think he ...

Last week, when we reported on the first pig-to-human heart transplant, we complained that the commercial company behind the operation wasn't more forthcoming about the genetic engineering that ...

There are no guidelines on when to use genetic modification on humans, which brings up a debate on what circumstances warrant it. "Some people will agree that using genome editing to modify a ...

and there is much debate about the pros and cons of using GMOs. Scientists create GMO foods by introducing genetic material, or DNA, from a different organism through genetic engineering.

That said, many believe it’s only a matter of time before somebody is genetically engineering humans, triggering a genetic “arms race.” A Chinese team claims to have already done it with ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Late one Saturday evening in November 2013, a researcher at the high-security Influenza Research Institute ...

With genetic engineering, humans have recently unleashed a surreal fantasia: pigs that excrete less environment-polluting phosphorus, ducklings hatched from chicken eggs, beagles that glow ruby ...

Genetic engineering approaches leading to a reduction ... Crossbreeding of GalT-KO pigs with pigs transgenic for different human anticoagulant and/or complement regulatory proteins to decrease ...