Today, genomics is saving countless lives and even entire species, thanks in large part to a commitment to collaborative and ...

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

The Genie Is Out of the Bottle' - Work on First Ever Artificial Human DNA Begins The world's largest medical charity has given the go-ahead to begin research on what could be the next giant leap in ...

But the research topic is, for obvious reasons, controversial. Scientists have largely steered clear of trying to create full synthetic human genomes, wary of propelling us into a dystopian, Gattaca ...

UK Biobank scientists say the human body can be studied in greater detail than ever thanks to people like Steve.

The human genome contains roughly 3 billion nucleotides and just under 20,000 protein-coding genes – an estimated 1% of the genome’s total length. The remaining 99% is non-coding DNA sequences ...

As if sequencing a full human genome wasn't tricky enough, scientists are now attempting to reconstruct our species' genetic ...

For the 20-year anniversary of this historic event, we took a look back at the Human Genome Project and its impact. How did it shape science moving forward?

13-year project designed as a human mosaic rests largely on a single volunteer. Five takeaways from Undark's report on a major scientific achievement.

A decade ago, researchers sequenced 92 percent of the human genome. They just cracked the last 8 percent — a breakthrough that could lead to new treatments for cancer and other diseases.

The first draft of the human genome was published 20 years ago in 2001, took nearly three years, and cost between $500 million and $1 billion. The Human Genome Project has allowed scientists to ...