{"id":256623,"date":"2025-06-26T21:04:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T20:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/work-begins-to-create-artificial-human-dna-from-scratch-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T21:04:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T20:04:47","slug":"work-begins-to-create-artificial-human-dna-from-scratch-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/work-begins-to-create-artificial-human-dna-from-scratch-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Work begins to create artificial human DNA from scratch | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/CqkjwAKnrdM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Work begins to create artificial human DNA from scratch | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CqkjwAKnrdM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Work has begun on a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life from scratch, in what is believed to be a world first.<\/p>\n<p>The research has been taboo until now because of concerns it could lead to designer babies or unforeseen changes for future generations.<\/p>\n<p>But now the World&#8217;s largest medical charity, the Wellcome Trust, has given an initial \u00a310m to start the project and says it has the potential to do more good than harm by accelerating treatments for many incurable diseases.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Julian Sale, of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, who is part of the project, told BBC News the research was the next giant leap in biology.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#DNA #Science #BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work has begun on a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life from scratch, in what is believed to be a world first. 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