With the emergence of precision medicine and genetic testing, it is now not only possible to identify hereditary diseases that a child may be born with but also take early intervention measures to ...

Genetic modification previously hit the headlines in relation to “Frankenstein crops” and received bad press as an “unnatural” practice. However, mankind has been manipulating genetics for eons, ...

Gene editing is a form of genetic modification and is the process by which the DNA sequence of an organism is modified or deleted. This is normally carried out to obtain desirable effects, such as the ...

Doha, Qatar: A progressive move taken by Qatar to do generic screening for potential spouses has made it possible to identify hereditary diseases that a child may be born with but also take early ...

Over the past century, worldwide consumption of food-animal products such as meat, milk, and eggs has steadily grown due to increases in global population and per capita income that fuel demand for ...

An understanding of the origin and dynamics of heritable genetic variation within classical animal breeding programs is needed to provide the context for understanding the contributions and concerns ...