How
much do you know about your own DNA beyond that you have quite a bit of it in
your brain and body? Do you know that
you may leave traces of your DNA wherever you go whenever you leave anything
that might contain some of your cells? Have you ever spit out chewing gum on
the street or dropped a cigarette butt? You might want to think again! Recently
I learned about artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg, who creates faces from DNA samples.
Potentially, this could change the “face” of life in the world as we know it.
Just think of the implications for investigating crimes to say nothing of
tracking a person’s visits to specific locations. I also wonder what else might
be discovered from memories filed on protein strands in the nucleus of cells
that have a nucleus (cellular memory)? If you are interested in learning more
about how Heather does this, here’s the link. I find it fascinating!
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