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

Synthetic Human Genome Project aims to develop methods allowing scientists to not only read an entire DNA molecule but also ...

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

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

The Synthetic Human Genome Project is working to build synthetic human DNA but who is asking how this science will impact ...

The Human Genome Project was a massive undertaking that took more than a decade and billions of dollars to complete. For it, scientists collected DNA samples from anonymous volunteers who were ...

Artificial human DNA, or synthetic DNA (synDNA), would be made without biological parents by instead using chemicals. SynHG ...

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

To piece together this history, Undark examined more than 100 emails, letters, and other documents, and interviewed many of the Human Genome Project's central figures.

A controversial project aiming to create artificial DNA from scratch is in the works. The endeavour, which is called SynHG ...