Genetic engineering News

March against Monsanto protests were held in 40 countries in the world on May 25, 2013. The message of all these protests was "Stop Monsanto" and "No more GMOs." This article will concentrate on events in Earth's southern hemisphere.

Mosquitoes have killed more humans than any other creature, war or plague in history, but now, scientists are making impressive headway in the fight against the disease-carrying insect.

In a groundbreaking report, two genetic engineers explain in detail why GMOs are not good for human health or the environment.

Scientists have bred mosquitoes which are unable to infect people with the malaria parasite. They hope that such populations of malaria-free mosquitoes can enter the ecosystem and help to curb the population of malaria-carrying mosquitoes.

Recently, the BBC screened a programme about chimeras, animals created artificially in the laboratory. This has a frightening prognosis, but not the one you might expect.

Using animals for human purposes isn't anything new. But using animals as more than a source of food, or as companions usually generates controversy, particularly when scientists want to conduct tests on animals.

Of all the interesting things you can do in the comfort of your own, a new activity does more than take the cake: genetic engineering.