title: [Synthesizing a human genome?]
abstract: The recently proposed « HGP-write » project aims to synthetize a full human genome and to introduce it into cells. This ambitious endeavour is fraught with financial and technical uncertainties and, if successful, would make « synthetic humans » a definite possibility even though this is not part of its announced goals. Accordingly, it has not been received with enthusiasm.
authors.affiliation: UMR 7268 ADÉS, Aix-Marseille, Université/EFS/CNRS, Espace éthique méditerranéen, hôpital d'adultes la Timone, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jordan
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D015894:Genome, Human; D016045:Human Genome Project / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004247:DNA