NextGen
Triple-Helix DNA To Unleash Our Inner
Nephilim
Cyborgs
have been the sci-fi dream of a generation,
merging man and machine in amazing new
combinations. Most of which seem to look
like major action stars. But a team at the
University of Copenhagen think that's
amateur hour. In fact they find the entirety
of life of planet Earth to be distinctly
underwhelming, which is why they're working
on an upgrade - triple-helixed DNA. The
idea is to add a third Peptide Nucleic Acid
(PNA) strand to the two Deoxyribonucleic
Acid (DNA) strands we started with. This
ultimate artificial additive can regulate
the activity of the existing genes, blocking
some or enhancing others, and that's just
for starters: the cyber-strand is not
limited to the four letter vocabulary of
GATC, meaning that extra characters could be
added tothat very exclusive club.