Experiments to alter a sperm cell's DNA to prevent genetic disorders passed down from men are being conducted in the US. The controversial tests could one day lead to a cure for breast, ovarian, ...

This is the Frankenstein breakthrough that the medical world has long been dreading. A Chinese scientist yesterday declared that he has changed the fundamental genetic code of human babies, using ...

Chinese scientists at Sichuan University have pioneered another first in biotechnology: injecting lung cancer patients with genetically modified cells using the cutting-edge CRISPR technique – one ...

The National Health Commission and the Ministry of Science and Technology issued a statement on Wednesday saying they are paying a lot of attention to the case of two gene-edited babies－a matter that ...

A groundbreaking genetic discovery is radically changing our understanding of human language. Researchers have successfully introduced a gene unique to humans into mice, leading to extraordinary vocal ...

The first people to be gene-edited - a pair of baby twin girls - may have been mutated in a way that shortens life expectancy, research suggests. Prof He Jiankui shocked the world when he genetically ...