Genetic Engineering

Once again, genetic engineering gets a hammering from Hollywood

Michael Cook | 03 August 2011

Rise of the Planet of the Apes opens this weekend. Rotten Tomatoes gives it an 83% fresh rating, but not many reviewers have seen it. From the trailer, it looks like a worthy successor in the series. What it shows is the continuing suspicion of genetic engineering in Hollywood. Has anyone seen it yet?

South Korean scientists make glow-in-the-dark dog

Jared Yee | 03 August 2011

South Korean scientists have genetically engineered a dog which glows in the dark.

UK gears up for three-parent embryos

Michael Cook | 12 March 2011

There’s still life in the UK’s fertility watchdog, even if the present government plans to scrap it. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has announced that it is going to conduct an inquiry into creating three-parent embryos.

Father of IVF wins Nobel Prize in Medicine

Michael Cook | 15 October 2010

But what for?

Hollywood’s warning on designer babies

Michael Cook | 28 August 2010

New film to be released in October

Three-parent embryos could prevent genetic disease, say UK scientists

Michael Cook | 17 April 2010

Embryos created free of mitochondrial defects