Images released ahead of a new BBC science series depict Homo floresiensis, Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis plus the ...

An international research team has deciphered a mechanism of the evolutionary arms race in human cells. The findings provide ...

When people think of DNA, they usually think of genes, the parts that code for proteins and drive inherited traits. But there ...

The human Y chromosome contains only ∼ 100 genes, whereas the X chromosome has ∼ 1100 annotated genes, which is approximately 5% of the human genome 51, 93.

Binary polymorphisms associated with the non-recombining region of the human Y chromosome (NRY) preserve the paternal genetic legacy of our species that has persisted to the present, permitting ...

They could, for example, attempt to create biological weapons, enhanced humans or even creatures that have human DNA, according to Prof Bill Earnshaw, a highly respected genetic scientist at Edinburgh ...

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.

The project will begin by making parts of a human chromosome, testing them in skin cells. Alongside the scientific work, a parallel study will explore the ethical and social questions tied to lab ...

‘Designer babies’ is one thing that comes to mind (Picture: Getty Images/Westend61) Work has begun on something once-unthinkable: creating human DNA from scratch. Artificial DNA has long been ...

Work has begun on something once-unthinkable: creating human DNA from scratch. Artificial DNA has long been an ethical ...

Whether antiretroviral therapy (ART) is always completely suppressive, or HIV might continue to replicate at low levels despite ART in some people with HIV (PWH), is still debated. Here, we ...

Human genetic code to be built from scratch Scientists from top universities hope to create fully synthetic human chromosome in five-year £10m project This feature is available for registered users.