Transgenic organisms are living beings whose genetic material has been artificially modified by introducing genes from another species. This process, known as transgenesis, allows for the transfer of ...

An unassuming brown bovine from the south of Brazil has made history as the first transgenic cow capable of producing human insulin in her milk. The advancement could herald a new era in insulin ...

Genetic engineering in non-human primates has been challenged by the limitations of virus-based gene delivery methods. Recently, researchers in Japan successfully used a nonviral system to introduce a ...

Consider the sea urchin. Specifically, the painted urchin: Lytechinus pictus, a prickly Ping-Pong ball from the eastern Pacific Ocean. The species is a smaller and shorter-spined cousin of the purple ...

Jorge J. Canas, Dong Liang, Vijay Saxena, Jenaya Hooks, Samuel W. Arregui, Hongyu Gao, Yunlong Liu, Danielle Kish, Sarah C. Linn, Khalil Bdeir, Douglas B. Cines ...

Antibodies offer several favorable characteristics such as high specificity, minimal off-target effects and good safety profiles. By triggering several immune effector mechanisms, antibodies can ...