CRISPR/Gene Therapy

Modified human embryonic stem cells showed supernatural resistance against radiation, according to paper by Academy of Military Sciences team in Beijing Shanghai-based scientist says study may open a can of worms, particularly when funding is involvedA team of...

For the first time in history, researchers now have embryos that are reportedly a hybrid of human and monkey cells and the announcement has sounded the alarm for those who raise ethical questions for such a move.According to the report,...

The Vatican has been digging a secret tunnel in Jerusalem in order to exhume King David's DNA and resurrect the Messiah, a rabbi has claimed.The Regavim Movement, a group dedicated to the protection of Israel's national resources, filed a...

A human embryo editing experiment gone wrong has scientists warning against treading into the field altogether.To understand the role of a single gene in early human development, a team of scientists at the London-based Francis Crick Institute removed it...

Journeys to other star systems will forever be out of reach unless a massive breakthrough in physics makes faster-than-light travel a reality, or a breakthrough in medicine makes suspended animation possible.Now, at least, one of those things has happened.Samuel...

Humans may one day have the ability to regrow limbs after scientists at Harvard University uncovered the DNA switch that controls genes for whole-body regeneration. Some animals can achieve extraordinary feats of repair, such as salamanders which grow back legs,...

Increasing human lifespan risks turning huge numbers of people into walking zombies because experts are not close to solving the problem of dementia and brain cell loss, a leading scientist has warned.Labs across the world are trying to tackle the causes...

An astonishing 17 pupils at a single British school are in the process of changing gender, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Most of the youngsters undergoing the transformation are autistic, according to a teacher there, who said vulnerable children...

Genetically engineered viruses could very well become the next generation of warfare. Deadly viruses modified in labs could be released eliminating entire communities of people as they infect making them a valuable asset to militaries worldwide.As dystopian as that...

Extinct woolly mammoths, cave lions and other long-gone species may be brought back to lifee in a new £4.5million cloning facility in Russia, scientists claim.The new Jurassic Park-style centre will be a "world class paleo-genetic scientific hub" in the world's coldest...