Karotto Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 According to you, in future, will be possible to change DNA in order to become for example smart as Einstein and good in football as Maradona. In general we could be able to program our genes like a software? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonDie Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 They call it gene therapy. The genes are delivered by innocuous viruses. But how much can change an already developed organism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta1212 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Changing your DNA as an adult is like changing the blueprints for your house after it has been built: It's not going to spontaneously reorganize itself based on the new plans. There are some on-going processes that you could alter, but it's unlikely you'd be able to achieve much of anything that can't already be accomplished with drugs or hormones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonDie Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Changing your DNA as an adult is like changing the blueprints for your house after it has been built: It's not going to spontaneously reorganize itself based on the new plans. There are some on-going processes that you could alter, but it's unlikely you'd be able to achieve much of anything that can't already be accomplished with drugs or hormones. Not to mention, you can stop taking a drug and it gradually leaves your system. I'm guessing they'll give you the gene's product in drug form first, so you test it out before making that commitment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrP Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Could it be coupled with forced learning somehow? Again, a little pie in the sky, but maybe we will one day have the tech to download the knowledge required for such skills directly into the brain along with the DNA coding to allow the talent needed to display the skill... Thinking about it, they already did that in The Matrix... but that wasn't real... or was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) ...Thinking about it, they already did that in The Matrix... but that wasn't real... or was it? Today's dream ...tomorrow's reality. We are just information in a wet bag. Edited July 30, 2015 by StringJunky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrP Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 "Ugly giant bags of mostly water" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cudlo1 Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Mutation can occur which will cause sudden change in your genes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venus666 Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 That sounds great but it is still a theory now. It may become the reality after thousands of years. DNA repair make progress now and it will solve some gene problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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