Humans have long experimented with nature, bending evolution to serve aesthetics, science, and curiosity. Some animals have ...

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Although many countries, including the U.S., suffer from drug shortages, the problem is particularly severe in South Africa. For example, pharmacist Audrey Chigome of the Sefako Makgatho Health ...

Despite the regulatory and funding roadblocks, Murray and fellow researcher Elizabeth Maga continue to work on a line of genetically engineered goats, which carry a human gene that produces elevated ...

Transgenesis is a biotechnological process that involves the introduction of foreign genetic material (transgenes) into a living organism, resulting in the creation of a transgenic organism. This ...

Sovacool is a graduate research assistant at the Center for Science & Technology Studies at Virginia Tech. A recent symposium on the legal and social implications of genetic engineering held at ...