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

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

Since the mapping of the human genome in 2003, synthetic biology has reached a new milestone. British researchers are now ...

Researchers have begun working on a new, controversial project to produce human DNA from scratch. It is believed to be the first of its kind effort which, if successful, could lead to new treatments ...

The Synthetic Human Genome Project is working to build synthetic human DNA but who is asking how this science will impact ...

Scientists have pieced together a new draft of the human genome that better captures humanity’s genetic diversity. The new “pangenome” incorporates the DNA of 47 individuals from every ...

The work of the late Dr. Glen Evans, who led UT Southwestern’s piece of the human genome puzzle for only a few years, played at least a small part in bringing those scientists together 20 years ...

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

Scientists on Wednesday unveiled a new accounting of the human genome that improves on its predecessor by including a rich diversity of people to better reflect the global population - a boost to ...

In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had ...

The promise of genome editing to help understand human diseases and create new therapies is vast, but technological limitations have limited advancement of the field. While existing editing ...