If measured from beginning to end, the DNA in our cells is too long to fit into the cell's nucleus, explaining why it must be ...

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

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

Scientists in Japan have used gene-editing technology to remove the extra chromosome responsible for Down syndrome, at least ...

Also, in the second paragraph of the section headed ‘Comparison of chromosome 21 with other autosomes’, the second sequence should read ‘For example, a 100-kb region of a contig (AP001656 ...

British universities have launched the Synthetic Human Genome Project (SynHG) with an initial grant of approximately $12.6 ...

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

Scientists involved in the Synthetic Human Genome Project are now attempting to create a fully synthetic human chromosome, making up about two per cent of human DNA, as proof of concept.

Scientists aim to build a full synthetic human chromosome within five to ten years, with the potential to transform ...

Males imprint their DNA by adding methyl modifications to it in a way that alters the activity of genes in order to promote ...

A controversial project that aims to create the building blocks of human life has started. It was previously thought creating human DNA could lead to designer babies or unforeseen complications and ...