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

Conservatives and progressives both have reasons for opposing it. The genetic engineering of human beings has been a dream and a nightmare since scientists first speculated about it a century ago.

Influential inventions often combine existing tools in new ways. The iPhone, for instance, amalgamated the telephone, web browser and camera, among many other devices. The same is now possible in ...

Genetic engineering is the act of modifying the genetic makeup of an organism. Modifications can be generated by methods such as gene targeting, nuclear transplantation, transfection of synthetic ...