Trisomy is a genetic condition characterized by the presence of an extra chromosome. This means that the affected person has ...

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

A £10 million Wellcome Trust-funded project seeks to create artificial human genomes. Technology Networks explored the ...

Artificial human DNA, or synthetic DNA (synDNA), would be made without biological parents by instead using chemicals. SynHG ...

But the research topic is, for obvious reasons, controversial. Scientists have largely steered clear of trying to create full ...

Every healthy human cell contains 23 pairs of chromosomes, which must be duplicated and distributed evenly between two daughter cells during a process known as cell division.However, if something ...

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

This study has shown that HSV-1 is an "opportunistic interior designer" of human cells. | Genetics And Genomics ...

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

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

The cold sore-causing Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-1) hijacks human cells and reconfigures its DNA within just an hour after ...

It has been known for several years that abnormal chromosome numbers lead to protein imbalances in the affected cells. Researchers at RPTU have now ...