Scientists start a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life, in what is thought to be a world first.

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

Now Google’s DeepMind division says it’s made a leap in trying to understand the code with AlphaGenome, an AI model that ...

Scientists in Spain and China discovered that HSV-1 begins rewriting the architecture of human genes just one hour after ...

In a step toward treating mitochondrial diseases, researchers in the Netherlands have successfully edited harmful mutations ...

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 ...

Alphabet Inc.’s Google DeepMind today introduced AlphaGenome, a new artificial intelligence tool that can comprehensively ...

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

Researchers discovered that HSV-1 (herpes simplex virus) actively reshapes the 3D layout of human DNA within hours of ...

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

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