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

Cold sore-causing HSV-1 doesn't just hijack cells it reconfigures the entire architecture of our DNA to aid its invasion.

Human DNA contains roughly 3 billion letters of genetic code. However, we understand only a fraction of what this vast instruction manual tells our cells to do. Most of the genome remains mysterious, ...

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

Who really won the race to decode the human genome? Inside the cut-throat competition that pushed forward the decoding of the ...

Viruses are entirely dependent on their hosts to reproduce. They ransack living cells for parts and energy and hijack the ...

Scientists with the Synthetic Human Genome Project are trying to create artificial human DNA from scratch, leading to numerous ethical concerns. While the ...

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

So much science starts with deciphering a genome, the blueprint for every being on Earth. With such roadmaps in hand, ...

Understanding human biology requires more than mapping our genes—we must also understand how gene expression is regulated to ...