Scientists are warning that a project aiming to build human DNA from scratch could lead to new types of warfare and is a ...

When given access to early therapies and inclusive education, many with Down syndrome go on to develop real-world skills ...

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

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

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

The first mice to be created from two fathers, a phenomenon known as androgenesis, have now produced healthy offspring for the first time. Researchers implanted two sperm in an egg with its nucleus ...

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

Experts comment on a new research project that aims to synthesise human genomes announced by Wellcome. Prof Robin Lovell-Badge FRS FMedSci, Group Leader, Francis Crick Institute, said: ...

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