Controversial project could create human DNA from scratch

A controversial project that aims to create Constituent elements of man Life has started.

It was before thought to create human DNA could lead to Baby of creators Or Unforeseen complications and changes for future generations.

However, in a world first, the medical charity Wellcoma Trustgave a first 10 million pounds sterling to start the project.

Scientists say that it has the potential to transform understanding of human health, open possibilities to develop treatments for incurable diseases and develop climate -resistant crops.

“Our DNA determines who we are and how our body works,” said Michael Dunn, Director of Discovery Research at Wellcome. “By creating the tools and methods necessary to synthesize a human genome, we will answer questions about our health and illness that we cannot even anticipate, in turn transform our understanding of life and well-being.”

During the following five to ten years, scientists aim to build a complete synthetic human chromosome.

Each cell of the human body contains DNA, which is a molecule that carries genetic information that physically makes people they are.

The new synthetic project of the human genome will potentially allow researchers not only to be able to read DNA but create parts.

Scientists will first aim to create greater blocks of human DNA to try to create a synthetically built construction a human chromosome – which contains genes that govern our development, repair and maintenance.

These chromosomes would then be studied to find out how genes and DNA regulate our body.

The project is led by Professor Jason Chin of the Generative Biology Institute of the Ellison of Technology Institute and the University of Oxford, in collaboration with the team of researchers from Cambridge, Kent, Manchester, Oxford and Imperial College in London.

“The ability to synthesize large genomes, including human cell genomes, can transform our understanding of genome biology and profoundly modify the horizons of biotechnology and medicine,” said Professor Chin.

The project will be limited to test tubes and Petri boxes, without a try to create a synthetic life.

But criticism fear that research will open the way to researchers to create improved or modified humans.

Professor Bill Earnshaw, a scientist in genetics at the University of Edinburgh who designed a method to create artificial human chromosomes fears that this research can open up the possibility of trying to create biological weapons, improved humans or even creatures that have human DNA.

“The genius came out of the bottle,” he told BBC News. “We may have a set of restrictions now, but if an organization that has access to appropriate machines decided to start synthesizing anything, I don’t think we can stop them.”

There will also be a dedicated social science project alongside researchers led by Professor Joy Zhang, a sociologist, at the University of Kent.

“We want to have the opinions of experts, social science specialists and in particular the public on how they relate to technology and how it can be beneficial to them and above all what questions and concerns,” she said.