The Synthetic Human Genome Project (SynHG) will take decades to complete and cost anything from millions to hundreds of ...

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

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

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

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

A team of researchers is beginning work on creating new tools that could eventually lead to the synthesis of the human genome ...

The massive project will likely take decades to complete, but it has significant oversight built into it to ensure it remains ...

Genetics is a fascinating and rapidly evolving field. What we learned in school was a valuable foundation, but modern science has revealed a far more intricate and dynamic picture. By understanding ...

Scientists have found 473 human genes that behave like on/off switches, revealing links to cancer, immune conditions, and ...

An EHU study analyzing different genetic markers associated with facial features of the European population has shown a ...

After years of collecting consumer DNA, genetic testing companies are monetizing the data. But who should profit — the ...

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