It's been more than a decade since humans have cracked their own genetic code, but we've yet to wake up to a world of engineered life forms on the Island of Dr. Moreau. While we're waiting for genetic ...

The Boston Globe profiles the drug development work of Acceleron, which hopes to develop a therapy that regulates body tissues and systems. To help illustrate its efforts, researchers point to a ...

THE Belgian blue is an ugly but tasty cow that has 40% more muscle than it should have. It is the product of random mutation followed by selective breeding—as, indeed, are all domesticated creatures.

This is the Belgian Blue cross heifer that sold for a massive €21,500 at the Carrick Winter Fair in Roscommon on Monday night. Bred by John Kennedy from Ardara Co Donegal the heifer was born in March ...