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- Chinese scientists genetically engineer muscular superdogs Fri, 23 Oct 15, 5:00amHumanity’s greatest invention just got a 21st century GMO make-over. A team of scientists in China announced that they have created the world’s first gene-edited dogs, which possess twice the amount of muscle mass than...
- UK scientists have applied for permission to genetically modify human embryos Mon, 21 Sep 15, 8:00pmA team of scientist in the UK have applied for permission to genetically modify human embryos in order to study the genes which affect the earliest stages of human development...
- Genetically modified pig farms could grow 100,000 organs per year for human transplant Fri, 26 Jun 15, 2:30amIt may sound like a disturbing idea plucked straight from a dystopian science fiction novel, but work has already begun on a company that aims to build a factory where genetically modified pigs grow organs for humans in need...
- Factory pig farms could soon grow 100,000 organs per year for human transplant Thu, 25 Jun 15, 8:00pmIt may sound like a disturbing idea plucked straight from a dystopian science fiction novel, but work has already begun on a company that aims to build a factory where genetically modified pigs grow organs for humans in need...
- Bio-artist Joe Davis to Build a Genetically Modified ‘Tree of Knowledge’ With Wikipedia Pages Sat, 17 May 14, 1:37amBio-artist Joe Davis plans to place 50,000 of the most popular Wikipedia pages into the DNA of apple trees to create a genetically modified Tree of Knowledge...
- Tree of Knowledge: Bio-artist Joe Davis to Insert DNA-encoded Version of Wikipedia into Apples Sat, 17 May 14, 1:37amBio-artist Joe Davis plans to place 50,000 of the most popular Wikipedia pages into the DNA of apple trees to create a genetically modified Tree of Knowledge...
- FDA Panel Debates the Safety of Creating Embryos with Three Parents Thu, 27 Feb 14, 4:12amPhoto via koya979 / Shutterstock The Food and Drug Administration is weighing the benefits of a bold new technique that produces embryos with DNA from three people...
- World’s First Cloning Factory in China Clones 500 Pigs a Year Fri, 17 Jan 14, 3:11amCloning animals used to be a taboo subject - but not in China, where a Shenzhen facility clones 500 pigs every year. The farm, run by a company called BGI, implants around two pigs a day with cloned embryos. Clones and clones...
- Revolutionary Technology Allows Crops to Harvest Nitrogen From the Air Instead of Fertilizers Sat, 27 Jul 13, 2:00amPhoto via Shutterstock Have you ever thought of air as the ultimate crop fertilizer? We haven't either, but researchers at the University of Nottingham have developed a technology—termed nitrogen fixation—that allows...
- Italian Scientists are Developing Genetically Modified Hypoallergenic Apples Sat, 23 Mar 13, 7:30amA team of allergists, molecular biologists and plant physiologists in Italy are collaborating to develop a hypo-allergenic apple that could represent the next frontier in genetically-modified foods...
- The Designer Baby Debate: Should We Allow Genetic Engineering of Babies in the US? Wed, 20 Feb 13, 9:00amImage via Shutterstock Genetic engineering is a sensitive and controversial topic, and nowhere more so than in the case of “designer babies.” Last week Intelligence Squared hosted an Oxford-style debate with some...
- “Dirty White Gold’s” Leah Borromeo Talks About Farmer Suicides and GM Cotton Wed, 14 Nov 12, 8:59amCotton is at the heart of clothing manufacturing, but as most only see the material in its final, hanger-hugging form, few are aware of the incredible human and environmental costs associated with its production. Leah Borromeo,...