Work began in a controversial plan to create the building blocks of human life from scratch, which is considered a worldwide originality, according to the BBC. The research has been taboo so far, due to concerns that it could lead to unpredictable changes for future generations.

But now, notes the BBC, the largest medical charity in the world, the Wellcome Trust, has initially given £ 10m to start the project and says it has the ability to do more good than bad, accelerating therapies for many incurable diseases. Dr. Julian Sale, of the MRC Molecular Biology Laboratory in Cambridge, who is involved in the program, told the BBC that research is the next giant jump in biology. “The possibilities are infinite. We look at treatments that will improve people’s lives as they get older, leading to healthier aging with fewer diseases as they grow older. We seek to use this approach to create diseases resistant to diseases, which we can use to treat damaged organs, for example liver and heart, even the immune system. “

But critics are afraid that the research paves the way for unconscious researchers seeking to create reinforced or modified people. Dr. Pat Thomas, director of Beyond GM, said: “We want to believe that all scientists are there to do good, but science can be used to do harm and war.”

Details of the project were given to the BBC on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the completion of the human genome program, which mapped human molecules DNA and was also largely funded by Wellcome.

Each cell in our body contains a molecule called DNA and transmits the genetic information it needs. DNA is structured by four much smaller blocks referred to as A, G, C and T, which are repeated again and again in various combinations. It is amazing that it contains all the genetic information that of course makes us what we are.

The Human Genome Project has allowed scientists to read all human genes as a bar code. The new project in progress is called Synthetic Human Genome Project (synthetic human genome), may make a huge leap forward, allowing researchers not only to read a DNA molecule, but also create parts of it – perhaps a whole day – a molecule to a molecule from zero.

The first objective of scientists is to develop ways of constructing increasingly human DNA parts, until they reach the point of having a human chromosome synthetic. These contain the genes that govern our growth and protection. These genes can then be studied and experiments to find out more about how genes and DNA regulate our body.

Many diseases occur when these genes do not work properly, so studies could lead to better treatments, according to Professor Matthew Hurles, director of the Wellcome Sanger Institute, which has seized the larger part of the human genre. “DNA from scratch allows us to try how DNA really works and try new theories, because we can currently do so by modifying DNA to DNA already in live systems.”

And even though the work seeks medical benefits, nothing prevents ruthless scientists from abuse of technology. They could, for example, try to create biological weapons, improved people or even human DNA creatures, according to Professor Bill Earnshaw, a genetic scientist at the University of Edinburgh, who designed a method for creating artificial human chromosomes.

“Ginny has come out of the bottle,” he told the BBC. “We could have a number of restrictions now, but if an organization that has access to the right machines decided to start composing anything, I don’t think we could stop it.”

Mrs Thomas is concerned about how technology will be commercialized by healthcare companies that develop treatments that will arise from research. “If we manage to create synthetic parts of the body or even synthetic people, then to whom they belong. And to whom do the data belong to these creations? “He asked.

Given the possible abuse of technology, the question for Wellcome is why he chose to finance it. The decision was not taken slightly by the heart, according to Dr. Tom Collins, who gave the green light for funding. “We wondered what the cost of inactivity was,” he told the BBC. “This technology will grow one day, so, by doing so now, we are at least trying to do it in the most responsible way as possible and deal with moral and ethical issues in the most immediate way as possible,” he added.

A special program of social sciences will run alongside the scientific development of the project and will be guided by Professor Joy Zhang, a sociologist, at the University of Kent. “We want to take the views of experts, social scientists and especially the public about how they feel about the program and how they can benefit them, as well as what questions and concerns they have,” he noted.