The Human Genome Project was completed a little over twenty years ago. Now, scientists involved in the 4D Nucleome Project ...

A new study shows, for the first time, how the human genome folds and moves in 3D over time to control when genes turn on and ...

The research represents a major step forward in revealing how the three dimensional form of DNA shapes the way human biology functions. In a major step toward understanding how the physical form of ...

An ambitious project funded by the Wellcome Trust medical charity in the UK is aiming to develop the tools needed to synthesise human genomes, with the promise of accelerating the development of new ...

Preventing pandemics, invading alien species, blood types & COVID-19. Satellite navigation in the UK; the science of the World Wide Web and Neolithic genomics Science Fraud & Bias, Immunity to ...

We explore the idea of 'longevity genes' and whether being blessed with a FOXO3 variant which will translate to a longer and ...

No human genome has ever been read in its entirety before. This year, scientists expect to pass that milestone for the first time. Before the end of 2023, you should be able to read something ...

March 31 represents a pivotal moment for the scientific community, as the first “gapless” sequence of the human genome is published. In the 1990s, researchers embarked on a mission that would reshape ...

An international team of scientists has proposed a major international project to create a synthetic human genome in a highly controversial move that they admit raises ethical and legal questions.

You are the current owner of one of the great wonders of the natural world: a large genome, copied almost perfectly from your parents to you, without which you would not be here. And when I say large, ...

Standing in the East Room exactly a decade ago, Bill Clinton said that the completion of the international Human Genome Project meant scientists were now learning the language in which God created ...

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...