A blight in the early 1900s nearly wiped out the American chestnut tree, once a staple food source and building material. Farmers are now planting blight-resistant hybrid chestnut trees in an effort ...

Calvin's diagnosis came after nearly two years of various testing Kate Todd Photography Klairissa and Mike welcomed their first baby after some pregnancy complications, but were excited to bring their ...

Should we genetically modify wild lions? Of course not, might be your instant response. But what if lions were being wiped out by a devastating disease introduced by people? What if the genetic change ...

People diagnosed with autism in early childhood may have genetic and developmental differences from those diagnosed in late childhood and onwards. This is the finding of researchers from the ...

People who learn they have autism after age 6 — the current median age at diagnosis — are often described as having a “milder” form of autism than people diagnosed as toddlers. A new study challenges ...

Genetic testing for ATTR can detect transthyretin mutations and offer crucial information about risk, monitoring, and treatment, if needed. Transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) is a genetic condition that ...

CAR T cells are patient-derived, genetically engineered immune cells. They are "living drugs" and constitute a milestone in modern medicine. Equipping T cells, a key cell type of the immune system, ...

HHMI Janelia Research Campus Senior Group Leader Meng Wang and her team study longevity. They've shown that by overexpressing an enzyme in the lysosomes of the roundworm C. elegans, they can extend ...

The bold question-askers at What If investigate what would happen if genetically modified people became the norm. 65-year-old furloughed by government shutdown: 'I could lose the house. I could lose ...

A genetic-modified lung transplanted from a pig into a brain-dead adult man lasted for 9 days, demonstrating the feasibility of the procedure, according to a new report published in Nature Medicine.

GMO stands for genetically modified organism. It refers to an organism whose genetic material has been altered in the laboratory using genetic engineering techniques such as recombinant DNA technology ...

Genetically Modified Organisms, or GMOs, refer to plants, animals, or other living organisms that have undergone some sort of genetic modification generated by genetic engineering or transgenic ...