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Seventeen health systems have launched the Truveta Genome Project to create what Truveta is calling the largest and most diverse database of genotypic and phenotypic information ever assembled. The ...
Scientists start a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life, in what is thought to be a world first.
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 ...
Seattle’s newest unicorn: Truveta lands $320M to fuel creation of massive new genome project GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene.
Decades later, The Human Genome Project found that these elements made up a staggering 45 percent of the human genome, and managed to proliferate over millions of years thanks to a “copy-and ...
Human genome project's origins at WashU The original human genome reference sequence, completed in 2002, was based on the genomes of a small number of volunteers.
Researchers from the University of Hong Kong have discovered that the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a common human virus closely ...
Scientists across India sequenced genomes from dozens of communities as part of the Genome India Project, revealing insights about diversity and health.
It's an ambitious and controversial project called the Synthetic Human Genome (SynHG) project, and work has already begun on a proof-of-concept.