Leading geneticists have stated that human genes could be programmed to make humans immune to radiation, aging and cold.
Scientists from the Genome Project claim that within 10 years, reprogramming of human genes will create superhumans that are immune to viruses, cancer, aging, radiation and freezing.
Scientists cite the example of an experiment on a cell of the bacteria E. coli. 321 changes were made to the bacterial genome, after which the cell became immune to viruses.
Reprogramming the genome of a plant or mammal will take more effort - about 400,000 changes are needed. All extra units of the genetic code will have to be removed from 20 thousand human genes. Professor of Harvard Medical School, Jord Church, spoke about this in an interview with Stat.
The Genome Project is an international research project whose main goal was to determine the sequence of nucleotides that make up DNA and to identify 20-25 thousand genes in the human genome. This project is called the largest international collaboration ever in biology.
