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

In the swine industry, gene editing is being used successfully to improve pig’s resistance to Porcine Reproductive and ...

The small study in patients with a rare disorder that causes liver and lung damage showed the potential for precisely ...

After years of research into xenotransplantation, the field is at a turning point—yet risks and ethical issues remain ...

Some scientists are confident that organs from genetically modified pigs will one day be routinely transplanted into humans.

pig organs going into clinical trials and non-browning avocados coming to a taqueria near you is testament to pretty fast progress. The early hubris of the gene-editing therapy companies has hurt ...

Experts have disabled the myostatin gene in fish, which limits the increase in muscle mass. According to the calculations of geneticists, this will lead to a 20% increase in meat content. Scientists ...

“Gene editing creates precise changes with a specific aim ... a deadly virus that affects pigs worldwide. US regulators are expected to approve the disease-proofed pig breed in the coming months. How ...

Building a gene editor took months. With CRISPR even high-schoolers can get hold of editing systems in the time it takes to order RNA sequences online and have them shipped by FedEx. In a short ...

To solve the problem of hyperacute rejection, companies such as eGenesis and United Therapeutics have used the CRISPR/Cas-based gene editing system to modify the DNA of pigs. For example ...