As if sequencing a full human genome wasn't tricky enough, scientists are now attempting to reconstruct our species' genetic material from the ground up. It's an ambitious and controversial project ...

The world's largest medical charity has given the go-ahead to begin research on what could be the next giant leap in biology. This project aims to create artificial human DNA from scratch, according ...

A controversial project that aims to create the building blocks of human life has started. However, in a world first, medical charity the Wellcome Trust, has given an initial £10m to start the project ...

This year, Washington iGEM elected to design an anti-virulence therapy against Exotoxin A, a toxin secreted by Pseudomonas ...

WHEN THE first draft of the DNA sequence that makes up the human genome was unveiled in 2000, America’s president at the time, Bill Clinton, announced that humankind was “learning the language with ...

Long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) is the only active, self-copying genetic element in the human ...

Boston researchers sequenced a full human genome in record time, under four hours. The advance could speed life-saving diagnoses for newborns in intensive care. Boston Children’s Hospital, in ...

Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital said they sequenced a patient's genome in 3 hours and 57 minutes, breaking a ...