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

Genetic circuit engineering is the synthesis of unnatural DNA segments encoding protein or RNA molecules that control each other’s levels. Genetic circuit engineering is the bottom-up, local ...

Genetic variation articles from across Nature Portfolio Genetic variation describes the genotypic and phenotypic differences between individuals in a population, and between populations.

In contrast, humans have only been around for a fraction of the Earth’s life span but have looked to nature for inspiration.