The University of Iowa Research Foundation has been issued a patent for the first-known mutant chicken pox virus. The initial discovery was made in 1998 by Charles Grose, M.D., UI professor of ...

A decadent platter of genre offerings from all over the globe, Showcase 11 is a mostly entertaining but somewhat morose collection. Though these showcases don’t tend to have a discernible theme (apart ...

Scientists in Japan have genetically modified chickens to lay eggs containing drugs that have the potential to significantly reduce the cost of cancer treatment. The eggs were developed using ...

Most people eat chicken eggs for their high protein content and healthy fats – but in the future eggs could ward off diseases, such as cancer and hepatitis. That’s because researchers at Japan’s ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Easter ...

Modern machinery and any number of tasty hybrids populate “The Farm of Tomorrow,” the last (whew!) of Tex Avery’s “of Tomorrow” cartoon cycle. We’ve already got cloning and embryo transfer ...

Have you heard the one about the mutant chickens that KFC uses in its restaurants? If you believe the stories -- and there are a few variations -- KFC genetically modified chickens so they would have ...

Only on a Friday do we feel saucy enough to do a story about a film called Attack of the Killer Mutant Chickens. The weekend is officially in sight, and the title is sufficiently zany. Why not, right?

Somewhere deep in the darkest shadows at KFC’s test labs, a mad poultry scientist has developed a Superchicken — a genetically crafted bird with eight legs and six (count ‘em) wings — enough by itself ...