On a planet teeming with life, we are surrounded by fragments of DNA from myriad species. In the water, soil and even in the air, microscopic particles of biological material that have been shed from ...

‘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 an ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Work has begun on a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life from scratch, in what is believed to be a world first. The research has been taboo until now because of concerns ...

Every human face is different, but scientists still know surprisingly little about how our DNA shapes these differences. To ...

DNA repair is essential for the maintenance of genomic stability and its failure can lead to human disease. Various DNA repair systems exist, such as base excision repair, nucleotide excision repair, ...

Too often in old age, he made unjustified racial remarks in highly offensive ways with immense ‘titanic’ public consequences ...