Genetic Modification

Jiankui's widely condemned 2018 research was a key event in the murky ethical minefield of genetic modification.

Zebrafish modified to glow in the dark have been found in Brazil's Atlantic Forest region.

Report highlights the dire need to control its feral cat population and protect native wildlife.

We might be able to avoid the $50 glass of O.J. after all.

But these breakthroughs are not going to come cheap.

These pumped-up pigs are raising suspicions about mistreatment and renegade genetic engineering.

Engineering a fungus with deadly venom could fight the mosquitoes carrying the lethal virus—and be safe for humans.

After the Patent and Trade Office ruled on a bitter patent dispute over a gene-editing technology, Doudna spoke with Newsweek about the decision and where she, and the science, go from here.

Abrahim Hassan shares DNA with his mother, an egg donor, and his father's sperm.

The discovery could be a new way to kill cancer cells.

The Human Code Foundation says the technology that will let us define what it means to be human is around the corner.

Scientists are working on a strain of hyperefficient rice that reduces the effects of climate change and could help solve world hunger.

Some say the technique could eventually be used to create "designer babies."

The technique used, CRISPR, has also been applied to altering human embryo DNA.

Certain wasps insert their DNA into caterpillars in order to subjugate them—but in the process, have given them selective advantages.

The new insect would be introduced in the wild to supplant disease carriers with a harmless imposter.