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

The Genie Is Out of the Bottle' - Work on First Ever Artificial Human DNA Begins The world's largest medical charity has ...

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

Scientists with the Synthetic Human Genome Project are trying to create artificial human DNA from scratch, leading to ...

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

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

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

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

A controversial project aiming to create artificial DNA from scratch is in the works. The endeavour, which is called SynHG ...

Antibiotics are one of the greatest triumphs in the history of medical science—but these lifesaving tools have a dark side.