Geneticist George Church spoke about directed evolution as well as the possibilities of a Human Genome Project 2.0.

Instead of reading or writing DNA, envision a scenario for a "Human Genome Project 2.0"

  • If humanity were to undertake such a project, what would be the benefits?
    What types of new science and engineering would be enabled if we had such a synthetic human genome? Please provide specific examples.
  • Conversely, why might we not want to proceed with such an endeavor? What are the risks?
  • Map out a technical strategy for synthesizing a human genome. What technologies would be required? What are existing tools we could leverage? For certain tools that do not exist, what should their capabilities be?