UNDATED (WKRC) - A new study that examined animal species with a cancer resistance gene could provide help for human cancer research. Scientists have long been intrigued by Peto’s Paradox, which ...

Using gene editing technology, researchers at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University have, for the first time, successfully excised a segment of HIV-1 DNA - the virus responsible for ...

Livestock breeders could soon have more tools to improve the health and quality of their animals, thanks to a recent study ...

A tiny genetic tweak can make pigs completely resistant to classical swine fever, a major problem for farmers around the world. The same gene edit should also make cattle and sheep resistant to ...

Animals from completely different branches of the tree of life, such as insects, worms and vertebrates, independently evolved similar genetic solutions to survive on land, according to a new study ...

An ad hoc committee appointed by the National Academies to explore heritable genetic modifications of food animals. This committee will address methods for heritable genetic modifications and identify ...

Why personalized gene editing, genetic resurrections and embryo scoring made our list. Earlier this week, MIT Technology Review published its annual list of Ten Breakthrough Technologies. As always, ...

Conservationists saved the fuzzy creatures in Victoria, Australia. Now, the animals are showing remarkable signs of genetic recovery ...