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Human Genome Project

Latest in Human Genome Project

A new NIH program aims to sequence the DNA of a million volunteers, to better understand genetic variation between people and develop new treatments.

Health & Medicine

Everyone’s Genome Is Different. That’s Why Scientists Are About to Sequence a Million of Them.

By Jon Christian

Researchers have figured out a way to map the human genome in three dimensions, using enzymes to calculate a gene's distance from a cell's nucleus.

Science & Energy

15 Years Ago, We Sequenced the Human Genome. Now We Can 3D Map It.

By Kristin Houser

Now That Scientists Can Read the Human Genome, They Want to Write One

Science & Energy

Now That Scientists Can Read the Human Genome, They Want to Write One

Harvard Scientists Hold Secret Meeting Aimed at Creating a Synthetic Human Genome

Prosthetics and Devices

Harvard Scientists Hold Secret Meeting Aimed at Creating a Synthetic Human Genome

By Jolene Creighton

Scientists Begin Work on Reverse-Engineering the Brain

Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Begin Work on Reverse-Engineering the Brain

By Sarah Marquart