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

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

The UK has officially launched the Synthetic Human Genome Project, a groundbreaking initiative, aiming to construct human DNA from scratch.

A UK-led team is starting a major project to build human genetic material from scratch. This research aims to unlock how DNA ...

NIH’s SMaHT Network will chart trillions of somatic mutations to reveal how our DNA changes over a lifetime. In a nutshell ...

Scientists involved in the Synthetic Human Genome Project are now attempting to create a fully synthetic human chromosome, making up about two per cent of human DNA, as proof of concept.

Researchers have discovered that the herpes virus reshapes the human genome’s architecture, rearranging its shape in three-dimensional space so that HSV-1 can access host genes most useful for its ...

UK scientists to create Human DNA from scratch in lab to study genome The project will begin by making parts of a human chromosome, testing them in skin cells. Alongside the scientific work, a ...

SynHG (Synthetic Human Genome) researchers won’t create artificial life but instead use test tubes and Petri dishes to figure out how humans can make the code of life.

Human genetic code to be built from scratch Scientists from top universities hope to create fully synthetic human chromosome in five-year £10m project This feature is available for registered users.

The endeavour, which is called SynHG (Synthetic Human Genome) and is believed to be a world first, has received an initial £10m from medical research charity The Wellcome Trust. It is hoped to ...