Firestorm brewing as scientists work to create synthetic human DNA

• The Human Genome Project (HGP) took 13 years and $3 billion to complete.
• Scientists planning to synthesize human DNA think it is as little as 5 years away.
• They are seeking $100 million, and believe it will in total cost less than HGP.
• Their aim is to get the cost of making a DNA base pair down to one cent.

Alex Ossola, special to CNBC.com

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/02/synthetic-dna-scientist-says-it-could-be-inside-humans-within-5-years.html

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