Developments in genetics are confronting mankind with unprecedented human and moral problems. In order to solve these problems, ethicians and scientists must pool their expertise. This paper is ...

Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make organisms function.

Bacteria possess unique traits with great potential for benefiting society. However, current genetic engineering methods to harness these advantages are limited to a small fraction of bacterial ...

Working on a remote island, scientists think they can use genetic engineering to block a malaria-carrying species of mosquito from spreading the disease — and do it in just a few months. But ...

In a giant feat of genetic engineering, scientists have created bacteria that make proteins in a radically different way than all natural species do. By Carl Zimmer At the heart of all life is a code.