The human brain relies on two copies of this gene to build a correctly sized brain. If one of the copies is defective, the ...

The Synthetic Human Genome Project (SynHG) will take decades to complete and cost anything from millions to hundreds of ...

Small but mighty new gene editor Date: September 29, 2023 Source: University of Tokyo Summary: ... However, in previous tests it showed barely any genome activity in human cells.

Now Google’s DeepMind division says it’s made a leap in trying to understand the code with AlphaGenome, an AI model that ...

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

Thanks to increasingly efficient and affordable gene sequencing technologies, we can now chart our genetic blueprint in unprecedented detail. But what does each gene do? Of the roughly 20,000 genes ...

The Synthetic Human Genome, or Syn HG, a project launched on June 26th, aims to change that. Funded partly by Wellcome, a ...

A small team of computational and evolutionary biologists from the University of Chinese ... East Asian human gene that allows adult humans to digest sugars in milk likely came from ...

Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...

Theoretical, anthropological and genetic studies suggest that human evolution has been shaped by gene–culture interactions. This Review collates data from these diverse fields, and highlights ...