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

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

Synthetic Human Genome Project aims to develop methods allowing scientists to not only read an entire DNA molecule but also ...

DNA is a molecule that holds all the genetic information, making us who we are. Ever since the Human Genome Project mapped human DNA in 2003, scientists have dreamed of not just reading our genetic ...

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

The human genetic code will be built from scratch by British scientists in a controversial new research project. The £10 ...

The Synthetic Human Genome (SynHG) Project, launched on the 25th anniversary of the mapping of the human genome, is being ...

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

Synthetic Human Genome (SynHG) project sparks fears that rogue scientists could create enhanced ‘super humans’ in decades to ...

The Synthetic Human Genome Project is being funded by the Wellcome Trust, which has donated Rs 117 crore (10 million pounds).

Gene expression, where cells use the genetic information encoded in DNA to produce proteins, has been thought of as a dimmer ...