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

The completion of a South American lung fish genome sequencing represents one of the most remarkable moments within current ...

All good things must come to an end. Sadly, Homo sapiens’ time on Earth is no exception. And someone would surely take our place as the dominant species. How could genetic engineering spell out the ...

A study led by researchers at the Department of Civil Engineering at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has uncovered alarming ...

For most people, the loss of a sense such as sight is devastating, not only for intensifying vulnerability, but for ...

Mo Khalil is the Hok Lam and Kathleen Kam Wong Professor of Bioengineering and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology at ...

The modification of the genetic makeup of cells. Genetic engineering modifies the DNA in cells to alter their behavior. In 1953, the discovery of the DNA double helix, technically deoxyribonucleic ...

Bird flu has been rampaging through wildlife and farm animals worldwide. Will it make the long-feared jump to humans?

Fig. 1 Similarity between soil resistomes and those from other habitats A study led by researchers at the Department of Civil ...

One of the most immediate impacts of AI in medical genetics lies in diagnosis, particularly for rare and complex genetic ...

Trailblazing geneticist Pengfei Liu, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine, is the recipient of the 2026 Edith and Peter O’Donnell ...

Phase 1 data confirms SAB-142 does not cause serum sickness and has low/no immunogenicity at any dose and in all cohorts, ...