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 ...

Cathy Eckert was recently appointed chief science officer at the Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Scientists are hoping to use genetic engineering to reduce the transmission of Lyme disease. The scientists' target is not ...

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 ...

This was stated by Dr Rajinder Singh Ranu, Professor Emeritus at Colorado State University, US, during a special lecture on ‘Flower power and biotechnology'. The event was chaired by Dr Ajmer Singh ...

If a carp is genetically engineered so that it has no scales, is it still kosher? After all, fins and scales are what make a fish kosher in the first place. The question might not have as wide an ...