Earth's biodiversity is in crisis. An imminent "sixth mass extinction" threatens beloved and important wildlife. It also threatens to reduce the amount of genetic diversity—or variation—within ...

Kerr sent the gene to USDA researchers, who inserted it into Jersey cow embryos. When the cows grew up, researchers infused their udders with mastitis-causing bacteria. Only 14 percent of the cows' ...

Balancing scientific progress with ethical responsibility is essential in setting the direction of gene editing investment.

The cattle industry already faces high feed prices, drought and consolidation. And because the screwworm’s appetite is not ...

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -They look like ordinary foals, docile with honey brown coats and white facial patches, content to spend their days munching alfalfa in a cordoned-off pasture in rural Buenos ...

He Jiankui, who went to prison for three years for making the world’s first gene-edited babies, talked to MIT Technology Review about his new research plans.

Now, Caltech researchers have developed a new gene drive technology, called ClvR (pronounced "cleaver"), that can be specifically customized to plant species, preventing accidental gene editing in ...

New CRISPR tool enables more seamless gene editing — and improved disease modeling Yale scientists have developed a CRISPR technology that can assess genetic interactions on a host of immunological ...