Genetic engineering is a scientific process that involves altering the DNA of organisms to produce desired traits. This ...

Scientists in China have manipulated embryonic stem cells to create laboratory mice with two male parents that managed to ...

Synthetic biologists from Yale were able to re-write the genetic code of an organism—a novel genomically recoded organism ...

They then deployed genome sequencing to analyse the genetic effects of these structural variations on cell survival. It ...

Scientists at UC Santa Cruz have completed the first end-to-end genome of the iconic Pacific banana slug, a species ...

Other genetic solutions are in development. Tadpole cannibalism has inspired a team at Macquarie University to engineer ...

This new tool, known as minimal, versatile genetic perturbation technology (mvGPT), combines the powers of gene editing, ...

The most complex engineering of human cell lines ever has been achieved by scientists, revealing that our genomes are more ...

The completion of chromosome synXVI allows scientists to explore new possibilities in metabolic engineering and strain optimization.

Developmental biologist Zhi-kun Li of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, first author of the new study, said it represents "a notable accomplishment in mammalian genetic engineering." He said the ...