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

As if sequencing a full human genome wasn't tricky enough, scientists are now attempting to reconstruct our species' genetic ...

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

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

Scientists have begun the Synthetic Human Genome (SynHG) project, aiming to reconstruct human genetic material from scratch. The Wellcome Trust funds this ambitious initiative.

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

Synthetic Human Genome (SynHG) project sparks fears that rogue scientists could create enhanced ‘super humans’ in decades to ...

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 human genetic code will be built from scratch by British scientists in a controversial new research project. The £10 ...

A controversial project that aims to create the building blocks of human life has started. It was previously thought creating ...