On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Thomas Shaddack wrote: > Watching local TV, a police brass with three stars is talking about DNA > (Using deeper-penetrating techniques it should be possible to do things > like permanently change skin color, eg. by disabling or stimulating > melanine production, or even achieve a chameleon-like effect. Or > selectively applying the change using a method similar to tattoo, just > using a retrovirus vector instead of ink. Genetics WILL be used in > cosmetics once the technology will become safe/cheap enough.) > > Just musing, and curious if/where I have errors in my ideas...
It boils down to the concept of "identity". Our white blood cells are programmed to know an individual identity - the chemical equivelent of self. If you mess with that, you're going to have some serious physical problems. You could change everything, so it stays consistent chemically but changes physcially. Does the thinking process change too? Sounds like a cool sci-fi story for now, but I think you are right - in a few years it'll be happening. Patience, persistence, truth, Dr. mike
