Will the next Human Genome Project be the Human Genome Synthesis Project? It's possible this could be a bridge too far. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...

As if sequencing a full human genome wasn't tricky enough, scientists are now attempting to reconstruct our species' genetic material from the ground up. It's an ambitious and controversial project ...

The world's largest medical charity has given the go-ahead to begin research on what could be the next giant leap in biology. This project aims to create artificial human DNA from scratch, according ...

WHEN THE first draft of the DNA sequence that makes up the human genome was unveiled in 2000, America’s president at the time, Bill Clinton, announced that humankind was “learning the language with ...

A controversial project that aims to create the building blocks of human life has started. However, in a world first, medical charity the Wellcome Trust, has given an initial £10m to start the project ...

The human genetic blueprint is deceptively simple. Our genes are tightly wound into 46 X-shaped structures called chromosomes. Crafted by evolution, they carry DNA and replicate when cells divide, ...

This week, a team of biologists headed by genomics pioneer Craig Venter published a study(Opens in a new window) in Science that should amaze and excite the world ...

Nobel laureate who helped to sequence the first bacterial and human genomes.

A codon, a sequence of three nucleotides in DNA and RNA that codes for a specific amino acid, acts like an “instruction manual” for protein synthesis, telling the cell which of the 20 natural amino ...