Don’t ever underestimate the power of DNA on your beating heart, as it can be the root cause of heart failure. Dr. Travis Hinson, a cardiologist at UConn School of Medicine is trying to fix that.

Genetic engineering is moving from science fiction to reality with breakthroughs that could cure diseases and reshape medicine.

Transgenic organisms, created by introducing genes from one species to another, offer benefits in agriculture, medical research, and environmental applications, while raising ethical considerations.

Engineering a permanent solution to genetic diseases New technique advances scientists ability to 'edit' faulty genes: Study Date: August 10, 2015 Source: University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine ...

Scientists are pioneering a new method of genetic engineering for basic and applied biological research and medicine. Their work has the potential to open new doors in genomic research by ...

Image Credit: Anusorn Nakdee / Shutterstock.com Introduction What if we could rewrite the genetic code of a single cell with surgical precision? Prime editing, the next leap in genome engineering ...

Our pal Andrew Stuttaford tweeted a story about a CRISPR genetic engineering experiment from the Financial Times. I checked it out, and given the frequent criticisms I have penned here about ...

The carp example was part of Steinberg’s larger point that Judaism does not forbid genetic engineering, an argument he made at the first Chief Rabbi Jakobowits Memorial on Medical Ethics on Nov. 15.