Tag: genetic engineering
‘Jurassic World’ scientists still haven’t learned that just because you can...
Andrew Maynard, Arizona State University
“Jurassic World: Dominion” is hyperbolic Hollywood entertainment at its best, with an action-packed storyline...
Organs from genetically engineered pigs may help shorten the transplant wait...
David Kaczorowski, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
Demand for life-saving organ transplantation is at an all-time high. In 2021,...
What is bioengineered food? An agriculture expert explains
Kathleen Merrigan, Arizona State University
The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines bioengineered food as food that “contains detectable genetic...
Unlike the US, Europe is setting ambitious targets for producing more...
Kathleen Merrigan, Arizona State University
President Joe Biden has called for an all-of-government response to climate change that looks...
How engineered bacteria could clean up oilsands pollution and mining waste
Vikramaditya G. Yadav, University of British Columbia
Rampant industrialization has caused our planet to warm at an unprecedented rate....
Lab–grown embryos and human–monkey hybrids: Medical marvels or ethical missteps?
Sahotra Sarkar, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
In Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel “Brave New...
The science and politics of genetically engineered salmon: 5 questions answered
Alison Van Eenennaam, University of California, Davis
A Massachusetts-based company earlier this month cleared the last regulatory hurdle from the Food and Drug Administration to...
Editing human embryos with CRISPR is moving ahead – now’s the...
Jessica Berg, Case Western Reserve University
The announcement by researchers in Portland, Oregon that they’ve successfully modified the genetic material of a human embryo took...
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Finger size does matter… in sports
Grant Tomkinson, University of North Dakota and Makailah Dyer, University of North Dakota
Examine your fingers. Which is longer? Is it the index finger (the...
