Lawrence Faucette, 58, received a pig heart at the University of Maryland Medical Center in 2023 to treat his end-stage heart failure. He lived for 40 days before choosing to forgo additional ...

Scientists backed by the U.S. Navy have created the world's first genetically modified spider. This achievement could pave the way to a new category of high-performance materials with major ...

Genetic engineering is moving from the lab bench into clinics, farms, and even family planning decisions, promising to change how we prevent disease, age, and define human potential. The same tools ...

What are Living Modified Organisms (LMOs)? Living Modified Organisms (LMOs) are organisms whose genetic material has been altered using modern biotechnology techniques, such as genetic engineering.

Genetically engineered humans may still sound like science fiction. But there's a new push to edit the genes of human embryos to eliminate diseases and enhance characteristics parents value.

The conversation on GMOs has recently gained widespread attention. It refers to an organism whose genetic material has been altered in the laboratory using genetic engineering techniques such as ...