A controversial project that aims to create the building blocks of human life has started. It was previously thought creating ...

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

The human genetic code will be built from scratch by British scientists in a controversial new research project. The £10 ...

Synthetic Human Genome (SynHG) project sparks fears that rogue scientists could create enhanced ‘super humans’ in decades to ...

Researchers mapped Y chromosome loss across thousands of individual cells from human cancers, with disturbing results.

To Shakespeare’s Hamlet we humans are “the paragon of animals”. But recent advances in genetics are suggesting that humans are far from being evolution’s greatest achievement.

The UK has officially launched the Synthetic Human Genome Project, a groundbreaking initiative, aiming to construct human DNA ...

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

Synthetic Human Genome Project aims to develop methods allowing scientists to not only read an entire DNA molecule but also ...

If you've ever shared your home with more than one cat, you'll know how different their personalities can be. One might chirp ...

See why the ovary − often reduced to its reproductive role − menopause, age and estrogen affect a woman’s health throughout ...