The Given Institute’s popular summer series of lectures begins Thursday with a talk by Dr. Elizabeth Nabel, titled “The Human Genome Project: Profit and Potential.” The theme of the Institute’s free ...

In a quote written on a chalkboard in the Caltech archives, Richard Feynman said, “What I cannot create, I do not understand.” This quote is the root of inspiration for geneticist J. Craig Venter’s ...

As Earth's climate warms and changes, sustainable agricultural practices are critical for feeding a rapidly growing population. Can we genetically engineer crops to adapt to drought and other effects ...

Genetic engineering, also known as genetic modification, is a set of technologies used to change the genetic makeup of cells, including the transfer of genes within and across species boundaries to ...

There’s been a lot of talk lately in the news about genetic engineering (aka, genetic modification), about its promise and its pitfalls and everything in between, so it’s a concept we all better get ...

Researchers describe minimal versatile genetic perturbation technology (mvGPT). Capable of precisely editing genes, activating gene expression and repressing genes all at the same time, the technology ...

Genetic engineering is the process of using technology to change the genetic makeup of an organism - be it an animal, plant or a bacterium. This can be achieved by using recombinant DNA (rDNA), or DNA ...

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For nearly a decade, Jared Westbrook has worked on resurrecting the American chestnut, an iconic tree that nearly vanished from the United States a century ago. The American Chestnut Foundation, a ...