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A plant genetically modified that accumulates Pb is especially promising for phytoremediation (2003), by Carmina Gisbert et al.
By: Ernest Nkansah-Dwamena
| Published: Dec 30, 2014
In 2003, Carmina Gisbert and her research team produced a tobacco plant that could remove lead from soil. To do so, they inserted a gene from wheat…
PhytoremediationtobaccoLeadSoil Pollutioncadmium
"Human Factor IX Transgenic Sheep Produced by Transfer of Nuclei from Transfected Fetal Fibroblasts" (1997), by Angelika E. Schnieke, et al.
By: Zane Bartlett
| Published: Aug 19, 2014
In the 1990s, researchers working at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland, performed cloning experiments in collaboration with PPL…
CloningChristmas FactorBlood coagulation factor IXRoslin InstituteWilmut, Ian
The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering (2007), by Michael J. Sandel
By: Nathalie Antonios
| Published: Apr 18, 2011
The Case against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering, hereafter referred to as The Case against Perfection, written by Michael J.…
LiteratureGenetic EngineeringPublicationsethicsbioethics
Maxine Frank Singer (1931–2024)
By: Abigail Cave
| Published: Dec 06, 2024
Maxine Frank Singer was a researcher who studied molecular biology and genetics in the United States during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries…
Genetic CodeLong Interspersed Nucleotide ElementsGenetic EngineeringGenetic recombinationAsilomar Conference Grounds
Ethics of Designer Babies
By: Sarah Ly
| Published: Mar 31, 2011
A designer baby is a baby genetically engineered in vitro for specially selected traits, which can vary from lowered disease-risk to gender selection…
ethicsReproductionReproductive RightsGenetic EngineeringEugenics