[QUOTE]Scientists have bent DNA into bizarre, basket-woven shapes, from spheres to corkscrews.
The new DNA Origami, described Thursday in the journal Science,[B] is one of the first steps in designing tiny nano-robots that could carry medicines or repair cells in the body.
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[QUOTE]In the past, scientists have [B]used [URL="http://www.livescience.com/5722-byu-written-dna.html"]DNA to write out words[/URL][/B], made [B][URL="http://www.technewsdaily.com/15715-dna-legos-build-shuttle.html"]spaceships from tiny DNA bricks[/URL][/B] and [B]even [URL="http://www.livescience.com/26511-shakespeare-stored-in-dna-files.html"]stored all of Shakespeare's sonnets[/URL] in the genetic code.[/B] Many of these methods are essentially proofs-of-concept to demonstrate that DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) can be used to make microscopic machines for the body.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]The new technique relies on [B]DNA's unique ability to self-assemble[/B]. The molecule is usually bound into a double helix made of two strands with complementary base pairs, or letters representing nucleotides: A's bind to T's, and G's bind to C's. By manipulating the DNA sequence, the team can create single strands of DNA that will bind to each other in specific ways, forming unique shapes.
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[URL]http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/21/17405032-dna-origami-the-shape-of-things-to-come?lite[/URL]
"If you design the things right, they'll grow into the right things"
Dongran Han has such a way with words~
We are the Gods, the life we are creating are intelligently designed.
[QUOTE=andololol;39998663]We are the Gods, the life we are creating are intelligently designed.[/QUOTE]
That's what I always say; people yammer on about how we shouldn't play God, when they fail to realise that it is our destiny to become gods. Other species in the galaxy might have already achieved the Creator status, or there's probably some sort of "galactic 6th day law" prohibiting such genetic manipulation, though even if the latter is true we'd probably defy this doctrine and future inhabitants of the Milky Way would awaken to a galaxy shaped by the enigmatic Ancients.
[QUOTE=ironman17;39999056]That's what I always say; people yammer on about how we shouldn't play God, when they fail to realise that it is our destiny to become gods. Other species in the galaxy might have already achieved the Creator status, or there's probably some sort of "galactic 6th day law" prohibiting such genetic manipulation, though even if the latter is true we'd probably defy this doctrine and future inhabitants of the Milky Way would awaken to a galaxy shaped by the enigmatic Ancients.[/QUOTE]
I read this in a loud and fast-paced voice similar to that of a mad scientist with creepy organ music and thunder in the background.
It was quite entertaining :v:
I guess that the scientists were bored and had nothing else to do...
[QUOTE=ironman17;39999056]That's what I always say; people yammer on about how we shouldn't play God, when they fail to realise that it is our destiny to become gods. Other species in the galaxy might have already achieved the Creator status, or there's probably some sort of "galactic 6th day law" prohibiting such genetic manipulation, though even if the latter is true we'd probably defy this doctrine and future inhabitants of the Milky Way would awaken to a galaxy shaped by the enigmatic Ancients.[/QUOTE]
"If god did not exist, It would be necessary to create him" - Voltaire.
[Quote]Aquinas spoke of the mythical City on the Hill. Soon that city will be a reality, and we will be crowned its kings.
Or better than kings. [I]Gods.[/I][/quote]
Literally none of the posts in this thread have anything to do with the article. Any thread about science on this site just immediately derails into completely unfounded speculation or Carl Sagan quotes.
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