The world’s largest network of environmental groups approved the exploration of genetic engineering tools to aid in the ...

This week, members of the International Union of Conservation of Nature, one of the world’s largest conservation groups, voted against a moratorium on the release of genetically engineered species ...

The global conservation community is debating whether to ban the release of genetically modified organisms into the wild.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A group of U.S. scientists and activists on Monday called for a global ban on the use of new tools to edit the genes of human embryos, in a report issued a day before a major ...

For the first time, surgeons have transplanted a kidney from a genetically modified pig into a living person, doctors in Boston said Thursday. Richard Slayman, 62, of Weymouth, Mass., who is suffering ...

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) include foods like some apples and salmon whose DNA has been modified for certain ...

Half a century ago, the first genetically modified organism ushered in a new era of biological innovation. To mark this anniversary, here are eight milestone GMOs. Many have had, or are poised to have ...

The transplanted portion of the genetically modified pig liver was removed after 38 days, and the patient, who had advanced ...

An important new study in the Journal of Hepatology, published by Elsevier, reports the world's first auxiliary liver ...