Imagine if scientists could reach back through time and recover the genetic blueprints of species that vanished thousands of years ago, then use those ancient instructions to rebuild lost traits in ...

Humans have selectively bred animals and crops since the beginning of agriculture, but advances in biotechnology have provided genetic tools to select specific traits. First applied to animals in the ...

The endangered Przewalski’s horse. Credit: Jessie Cohen, Smithsonian’s National Zoo Earlier this year, a baby Przewalski’s horse was born at the San Diego Zoo. But this foal isn’t any ordinary foal, ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Scientists looking for a surefire way to stop mad cow disease are trying to clone cattle that are genetically engineered to resist the deadly brain-wasting illness. The ...

We used genetic strategies which have been proven valuable to decipher signaling pathways in comparatively simple organisms such as Drosophila and Caenorhabditis elegans, to dissect signaling network ...

They look like ordinary foals, docile with honey brown coats and white facial patches, content to spend their days munching ...

A genetically modified pig lung was transplanted into a brain-dead man and functioned for nine days, according to a newly ...

A MAN’S LOVE FOR HIS DOG RAN SO DEEP, HE CLONED HER NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE. WXII 12 SARAH SOWERS BREAKS DOWN THE SCIENCE THAT MADE IT ALL POSSIBLE. ON THE OUTSIDE, THEY LOOK LIKE ANY THREE MONTH OLD ...

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