Dec 19, 2017
U.S. health officials approve gene therapy that can restore the sight of patients with a rare form of inherited blindness
Nov 15, 2017
American scientists for the first time have tried editing a gene inside the body in hope of curing a disease.
Oct 10, 2017
Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will meet Thursday to consider whether to recommend approval of a gene therapy aimed at restoring vision for some people with hereditary blindness
Sep 26, 2017
Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta has agreed to settle tens of thousands of US lawsuits by farmers over the company's introduction of a genetically engineered corn seed variety before China approved it for imports
Sep 13, 2017
The European Union court has ruled in favor of an Italian activist farmer who has defied his nation's laws by planting genetically modified corn
Aug 30, 2017
Opening a new era in cancer care, the Food and Drug Administration has approved the first treatment that genetically engineers patients' own blood cells into an army of assassins to seek and destroy childhood leukemia
Aug 3, 2017
Canadian officials say three types of potatoes genetically engineered by an Idaho company to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine are safe for the environment and safe to eat
Jul 19, 2017
Amazon is launching a new social network aimed at getting its hardcore users to spend even more money with the e-commerce giant
Jul 12, 2017
FDA advisers hear details about what could be the first gene therapy approved in the U.S.
Jun 5, 2017
The first lawsuit over Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta's decision to put a genetically engineered corn variety onto the U.S. market before China approved it is about to go on trial