Scientists sequenced the human genome back in 2003 but how this code produces the rich tapestry of human life is still a profound mystery. One of the great achievements of modern science was the human ...

The University of California, Santa Cruz, has played a key role in an international project to catalog all of the biologically functional elements in 1 percent of the human genome. The results of the ...

Image: Computer rendered impression of DNA strands. Gene sequencing has come a long way since 2003, when the first human genome was fully sequenced. At the time, it took more than 10 years and cost ...

Twenty years ago, an enormous scientific effort revealed that the human genome contains 20,000 protein-coding genes, but they account for just 2% of our DNA. The rest of was written off as junk – but ...

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 ...

Since the mapping of the human genome in 2003, synthetic biology has reached a new milestone. British researchers are now tackling the synthesis of human DNA (in other words, the creation of an ...

An ambitious new research project, SynHG (Synthetic Human Genome), is aiming to develop the foundational and scalable tools, technology and methods needed to synthesise human genomes. Through ...

For more than two decades, the Human Genome Project (HGP) – a landmark scientific endeavour led by Western nations – mapped humanity’s genetic blueprint, yet the rich diversity of Southeast Asia was ...

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.

Multiple times a day, every day, Ron Davis sits with his head bowed, waiting outside his son’s bedroom for a subtle signal that it’s all right to come in. He opens the door to the space where Whitney ...

The ENCyclopedia Of DNA Elements (ENCODE), an international research consortium organized by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has ...