Aotearoa New Zealand is a land of birds, from the smallest of wrens to the mightiest of moa. The ancestors of some species ...

Still, contemplation of these and other issues related to genetic engineering is important should the ability to create genetically enhanced humans ever arise.

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CRISPR-Cas12a nucleic acid detection largely involves pre-amplification and is limited in its ability to directly detect RNA. Here, authors present a split Cas12a system that enables direct ...

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 ...

In the future, researchers are hoping to use genetic engineering to be able to overcome some inherited disorders, such as cystic fibrosis and Huntington's disease amongst others.

Tan teaches a course on genetic engineering and sees it as a promising solution for bringing back chestnuts, but he ...

Alfred explains the procedures involved in genetic engineering. Enzymes can be used to remove glow in the dark genes from jellyfish DNA which can then be inserted into another organism’s DNA ...

A UK law allowing gene-edited food has been paused and some British scientists fear being overtaken. A growing number of US brewers are now using GM yeast to make their beers. Gene-edited food can ...

In this third edition of his popular undergraduate-level textbook, Des Nicholl recognises that a sound grasp of basic principles is vital in any introduction to genetic engineering. Therefore, as well ...

‘Genetic engineering represents a toolbox that all students within the basic and applied biology fields must get acquainted with. The fourth edition of An Introduction to Genetic Engineering is an ...