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

Google DeepMind has introduced a new AI tool called AlphaGenome. It reads long stretches of human DNA and predicts ...

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

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

Human DNA contains roughly 3 billion letters of genetic code. However, we understand only a fraction of what this vast ...

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

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

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

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

Vitamin C fuels skin regeneration by unlocking genes that drive cell growth—making aging skin act young again.

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

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 ...