Human DNA Will Be Synthesized Within 5 Years, Prominent Geneticist States
May 14, 2017
by Philip Perry
The Human Genome Project (HGP) was the most ambitious and sweeping scientific analysis of our DNA, ever. Just a reminder, a genome is a complete set of instructions or DNA, the blueprints for building an entire organism. The project brought countless findings, which are just beginning to shape medicine and society.
Yet, something else has become quite clear. Being able to “read” our DNA doesn’t mean you know everything about it. To further develop understanding, a new program seeks to write whole genomes from scratch, including plant, microbe, animal, and even human DNA. But that last one is creating a firestorm of controversy over whether we should be doing it at all.
http://bigthink.com/philip-perry/human-dna-will-be-synthesized-within-5-years-prominent-geneticist-states
