But the research topic is, for obvious reasons, controversial. Scientists have largely steered clear of trying to create full ...

Creating a synthetic human genome has the possibilities of improving human healthspans, but it also comes with extremely ...

The Synthetic Human Genome, or Syn HG, a project launched on June 26th, aims to change that. Funded partly by Wellcome, a ...

Scientists start a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life, in what is thought to be a world first.

Biological science has made such astonishing leaps in the last few decades, such as precise gene editing, that scientists are ...

DNA is a molecule that holds all the genetic information, making us who we are. Ever since the Human Genome Project mapped human DNA in 2003, scientists have dreamed of not just reading our genetic ...

The Synthetic Human Genome (SynHG) Project, launched on the 25th anniversary of the mapping of the human genome, is being ...

Plant scientists have used a standard "gene gun" since 1988 to genetically modify crops for better yield, nutrition, pest ...

The Synthetic Human Genome Project is being funded by the Wellcome Trust, which has donated Rs 117 crore (10 million pounds).

Gene expression, where cells use the genetic information encoded in DNA to produce proteins, has been thought of as a dimmer ...

A controversial project that aims to create the building blocks of human life has started. It was previously thought creating human DNA could lead to designer babies or unforeseen complications and ...