A newly identified mutation helps super-sleepers get by on just four to six hours of shut-eye per night, while the rest of us ...

Matthew Liao to genetically reengineer human beings ... It involves the biomedical modification of human beings,” Liao proposes. “If we eat less meat, we could significantly reduce our ...

The University of Bayreuth's Biomaterials research group has, for the first time, successfully applied the CRISPR-Cas9 ...

so once these embryos are genetically modified, the law mandates their destruction. The sentiment that human embryos should be treated as expendable resources is not likely to change. While these ...

Aa Aa Aa The study of human genetics has added a new layer of evidence to the story of how human beings evolved and migrated ... one can draw a genetic tree on which today's many diverse branches ...

A team of surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical School announced on Monday they had implanted the heart of a genetically modified pig into a human being. Considered a world first ...

For instance, a number of microorganisms are being considered ... 2003). Genetically modified animals have even been used to grow transplant tissues and human transplant organs, a concept called ...