Extinction is still forever. But scientists at a biotech company are trying what they say is the next best thing to restoring ancient beasts.

A majority of EU member states have spoken out in favour of less stringent genetic engineering rules, the EU Council ...

Hoping to stave off a global health crisis, scientists are breeding a new generation of crops that suck the mineral, which ...

Colossal Biosciences has focused on identifying key traits of extinct animals by studying ancient DNA, with a goal to genetically "engineer them into living animals," said CEO Ben Lamm.

Researchers are using gene editing techniques to introduce beneficial traits like polled and disease resistance, as well as ...

Using modern genetic engineering techniques, they've created mice with long, thick hair that resembles the scruff of the extinct woolly mammoth. It's unclear how their efforts benefit so-called ...

To protect thousands of varieties of Mexico's prized heirloom corn, leaders vote to amend the constitution to ban the ...

Using bacteria to fight cancer dates back to the 1860s when William B Coley, often called the father of immunotherapy, injected bacteria called streptococci into a young patient with inoperable bone ...