In a society bent on consumption, it seems designer babies could be just as desirable as the next in-season bag. Let the commodification of babies begin as people get the choice to choose their child's gender.
Minister 'unaware' of questions on genetic engineering gains.
The Soil and Health Association is backing calls by the Green Party for a parliamentary inquiry into failed genetic experiments on animals.
A couple so desperate for a baby girl that they terminated twin boys are fighting to choose the gender of their next child.
More can be done to improve the tax system to promote economic growth, says Treasury secretary John Whitehead.
A scientific breakthrough has seen genetically engineered silkworms produce extra-flexible and tough spider silk.
Australian scientists have found a unique way to grow a precious and life-saving type of stem cell, likened to putting a "cat on a sofa", in the lab.
A probe into the escape of genetically engineered plants from a government laboratory found scientists had left routes open.
Agricultural scientists say a genetically engineered clover could reduce methane emissions from livestock by 10 per cent.
News that synthetic life has been produced in a US laboratory has been received with awe and alarm.
In a major breakthrough, US scientists have produced a living cell powered by man-made DNA.
Genetically modified cows were born with ovaries that grew so large they caused ruptures and killed the animals.
Scientists have been given permission to put human genes into goats, sheep and cows for the next 20 years.