Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. With a growing human population and rising living standards, demand for animal-derived ...

In an op-ed for Le Monde, a group of over 60 scientists are calling on the European Commission to suspend the draft directive ...

Dublin, Jan. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Genetic Modification Therapies Clinical Applications: Gene Therapies, Genetically Modified Cell Therapies, RNA Therapies and Gene Editing" has been added ...

A quarter-century ago, genetic modification stood as one of the most contentious political and environmental issues in New Zealand. Debate around the technology produced a high-profile royal ...

Several round plastic containers rest on a surface, and each contains a small, striped frog. Juvenile Australian southern corroboree frogs at the University of Melbourne laboratories Credit: Tiffany ...

This lesson teaches students about the science of gene editing and the ways gene modification can be used to solve problems. Students will watch a video and read an article featuring recent scientific ...

Genetic engineering is the act of modifying the genetic makeup of an organism. Modifications can be generated by methods such as gene targeting, nuclear transplantation, transfection of synthetic ...

Genetic defects are exceedingly common, which is not surprising considering just how many cells make up our bodies, including our reproductive cells. While most of these defects have no or only minor ...

Like other developing countries, Indonesia is facing a familiar dilemma: how to feed a growing population while protecting its extraordinary biodiversity. Food security has become a pressing concern ...

Genetically modified organisms could become the newest recruits in Minnesota’s long and largely losing battle against ...

An ad hoc committee appointed by the National Academies to explore heritable genetic modifications of food animals. This committee will address methods for heritable genetic modifications and identify ...