First man-made gene

Dr. Har Gobind Khorana was born in January 9, 1922 in eastern Pakistan. He went to D.A.V Multan High School. Finished his B.Sc from Punjab University, Lahore in 1943 and M.Sc in 1945. He was the first to demonstrate the role of nucleotides in protein synthesis. He became a professor of biology and chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1970.
In 1976 Dr. Har Gobind Khorana and a team of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology made history. They created the first man made gene that could work inside a cell. Unlike previous genes, this one was completely manufactured. The biochemists had put together a gene that corrects mutations. It could help prevent hereditary diseases. It could also be used in genetic engineering. This made some Americans very nervous. The debate over genetic engineering carried through into twenty- first century.