In an effort to foster progress in cancer research, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is releasing ...

In the interview, Lloyd M. Smith discusses proteoforms, an area of research worthy of the next Human Genome Project.

A groundbreaking and highly controversial scientific initiative is now underway in the UK, as leading British researchers aim ...

The Synthetic Human Genome Project (SynHG) will take decades to complete and cost anything from millions to hundreds of millions of pounds. By contrast, just reading the human genome cost around $3 ...

A team of researchers is beginning work on creating new tools that could eventually lead to the synthesis of the human genome ...

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 ...

This article discusses how racial categories, rooted in social history, are used in records and society. It argues race isn’t ...

In a landmark collaboration between science and education, six Hawaiʻi high school students have successfully produced the first-ever draft genome of the palila—a critically endangered, finch ...

Health Scientists Launch Wild New Project to Build a Human Genome From Scratch The medical charity behind the controversial new plan says the benefits outweigh the risks.

The new Synthetic Human Genome Project will potentially allow researchers not just to be able to read DNA but create parts of it. Scientists will first aim to create larger blocks of human DNA to try ...

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