UK Scientists have sequenced the entire wheat genome and will make the DNA data available to crop breeders to help them select key agricultural traits for breeding.

A US government investigator told members of Congress on Thursday that personalized DNA tests claiming to predict certain inheritable diseases are misleading and offer little or no useful information.

The first reliable components for synthetic biology could be available by the end of the year.

Boston University researchers say they have uncovered the genetic markers associated with living to a ripe old age.

An health project will study the genes, diet and other variables of thousands of people in Africa’s to further understand how genes interact with the environment in relation to diseases.

The completion of the draft human genome sequence was announced ten years ago. Nature ‘s survey of life scientists reveals that biology will never be the same again.

Cisgenics is being held up as a plant breeding technology distinct from the techniques that produce GM food. I think not.

Craig Venter’s creation of a synthetic cell was a tour de force, but the fruits of synthetic biology are more likely to come by other means. And Venter’s perspective on the implications of what his lab created.

Scientists have developed the first cell controlled by a synthetic genome. But what implications does this have?

Lancet reports on what a whole genome sequence revealed – a lot but not much.