Pallab Ghosh
Neanderthals and humans first mated 50,000 years ago and their DNA may have given us an evolutionary advantage
Far from triumphantly breezing out of Africa, modern humans went extinct many times before going on to populate the world, ...
Lab-grown meat, dairy, sugar and other cell-based foods set to become available to UK consumers by 2027
Meat, dairy and sugar grown in a lab could be on sale in the UK for human consumption for the ...
Can gene editing be safe and ethical?
Modern genetics has enabled scientists to do much more: to make precise, targeted changes to the DNA of organisms in ...
Will the UK’s recent change in government derail crop gene editing? Activists and scientists clash
[T]he UK is among the countries that lead the world in gene editing. Last year the previous government passed the ...
Bees can count, recognize human faces and learn how to use tools. Does that mean they’re conscious?
New evidence emerges of animals’ abilities to feel and process what is going on around them, could that mean they ...
Making the case for finding alien life sooner rather than later
Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently detected tantalising hints at life on a planet outside our Solar System ...
Bird flu has spread to other animals. Gene-edited chickens could slow the scourge
Researchers have developed gene-edited chickens that are partially resistant to bird flu ...
Preventing billions of rooster chick deaths annually: Here’s how gene editing could end the culling of male chickens
Dr Yuval Cinnamon from the Volcani institute near Tel Aviv, who is the project's chief scientist, told BBC News that ...
Gene-edited disease-resistant animals could reduce poverty in Africa’s most vulnerable communities
A researcher in Edinburgh is leading efforts to develop gene-edited farm animals for poor farmers in Africa. Prof Appolinaire Djikeng ...
Genetically modified chickens lay cancer-treating eggs
Researchers have genetically modified chickens that can lay eggs that contain drugs for arthritis and some cancers. The drugs are ...
Scientists engineer chickens to make cancer drugs—10 times cheaper to produce than factory-made medicines
Researchers have genetically modified chickens that can lay eggs that contain drugs for arthritis and some cancers. The drugs are ...
Fish feed enhanced with omega-3 oil? UK scientists developing more nutritious food for farmed salmon
Researchers .... are giving farmed salmon feed made from genetically modified crops. The aim of the scientific trial is to ...
If we can keep bodiless brains alive, do they deserve special protection?
Researchers at Yale University have restored circulation to the brains of decapitated pigs, and kept the organs alive for several ...
Earliest known ancestor of humans: 540-million-year-old fossil unearthed
Researchers have discovered the earliest known ancestor of humans - along with a vast range of other species. They say ...
Royal Society: Europe needs to rethink policies on GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Prof Venki Ramakrishnan said ...
Sights set on CRISPR as potential tool in treating genetic diseases
Astra Zeneca has announced a research programme to develop a generation of medicines to treat the genetic causes of many ...
DNA study suggests hunting did not kill off mammoth
Researchers have found evidence to suggest that climate change, rather than humans, was the main factor that drove the woolly ...
Some DNA ancestry services akin to ‘genetic astrology’
The following is an edited excerpt. An increasing number of companies are offering to profile the genetic history of individuals ...