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DNA backup
Jun. 9th, 2010 10:49 pmSo, DNA - it sort of degrades as you age, and that's mostly why you get old and die, and is a cause of cancer and stuff.
So... how difficult is it to make a copy of it, like 'right now' for the sake of say - future organ cloning?
If you could replace failing body parts with 'you aged 20' would you have a substantial improvement on quality of life?
And give that, does it make sense to take backups _now_ despite not necessarily being able to make use of them? Such as exhaustive DNA sequencing, and saving a copy in an archive somewhere, in the hope that in 30 years time, you'll be able to 'load' it, and grow a heart transplant or similar.
And even if this is utter hokey nonsense, does it sound plausible enough that someone is already running it as a scam?
So... how difficult is it to make a copy of it, like 'right now' for the sake of say - future organ cloning?
If you could replace failing body parts with 'you aged 20' would you have a substantial improvement on quality of life?
And give that, does it make sense to take backups _now_ despite not necessarily being able to make use of them? Such as exhaustive DNA sequencing, and saving a copy in an archive somewhere, in the hope that in 30 years time, you'll be able to 'load' it, and grow a heart transplant or similar.
And even if this is utter hokey nonsense, does it sound plausible enough that someone is already running it as a scam?
