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

Genome editing technologies like CRISPR-Cas9 have transformed biology, medicine, and agriculture, but concerns remain about ...

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

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

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

The Synthetic Human Genome, or Syn HG, a project launched on June 26th, aims to change that. Funded partly by Wellcome, a ...

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

Scientists with the NIH-backed SMaHT Network are mapping every DNA mutation in the human body, creating a groundbreaking ...

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

Artificial human DNA, or synthetic DNA (synDNA), would be made without biological parents by instead using chemicals. SynHG ...

Scientists have begun the Synthetic Human Genome (SynHG) project, aiming to reconstruct human genetic material from scratch. The Wellcome Trust funds this ambitious initiative.