Genetics and Reproductive Technologies [addendum] Philosophical scholarship on genetics and reproductive technologies typically follows the development of these scientific fields closely, providing critical analysis of the major assumptions and...

Although prokaryotes (i.e., non-nucleated unicellular organisms) divide through binary fission, eukaryotes undergo a more complex process of cell division because DNA is packed in several chromosomes located inside a cell nucleus. In eukaryotes, cell...

The modern science of genetics began in the mid-nineteenth century with the work of Gregor Mendel, but the nature of the gene itself was not understood until James Watson and Francis Crick announced their findings in 1953. According to the Watson and...

Technology transfer involves the discloser and exchange of information about a discovery or an invention. This discloser could be in the form of presentation at professional or technical conferences, publication in professional magazines or books,...

Genetic engineering, recombinant DNA technology, genetic modification/manipulation (GM) and gene splicing are terms that are applied to the direct manipulation of an organism's genes. Genetic Engineering is not to be confused with traditional breeding...

One definition of genetic engineering is an attempt to determine the characteristics of offspring using genetic technology. This would include prenatal genetic selection, cloning, the use of drugs derived by genetic technology, and the insertion of genes into a person or a cell...

One definition of genetic engineering is an attempt to determine the characteristics of offspring using genetic technology. This would include prenatal genetic selection, cloning, the use of drugs derived by genetic technology and the insertion of genes into a person or a cell...

The Agriculture Department is trying to block the planting and distribution of a long-grain rice seed because it may contain traces of genetically engineered rice, officials said Monday.The department began telling distributors Sunday they must hold the rice seed, scheduled for planting this spring.The seed,...

Cat and mouse may never be the same. Japanese scientists say they've used genetic engineering to create mice that show no fear of felines, a development that may shed new light on mammal behavior and the nature of fear itself.Scientists at Tokyo University say they...

In July 2000, Larry Bohlen, a senior official of the environmentalist group Friends of the Earth, went to his local supermarket in Silver Spring, Maryland, where he purchased chips, tacos, and “all the [other] corn products I could find.” He...

“It is hard to imagine what human life will be like even a hundred years from now, but I suspect that the reworking of our own biology will figure heavily in our future.” —Gregory Stock, director of the Program on Medicine, Technology,...

In the mid-1970s, the public of the Western world was astonished to learn that scientists had recently invented ways to move pieces of genetic material, the very blueprint of life, from one species to another. Boosters claimed that this new technology...

“Genetic engineering poses moral and social dilemmas every bit as daunting as the rewards are enticing. —bioethicist Stephen P. Stich Genetic engineering is the process of taking DNA from one organism and inserting it into another. The...

Discusses the different aspects genetic engineering and how they are applied today.

The purposes and the technology of genetic engineering from a neutral point of view.

Essay provides a discussion of the negative effects of genetic engineering.