Nanites Correcting DNA Defect.flv

Publicado el 05/02/2013 DNA-repair process using nanomechanical robot. You can see all stages of repair in this animation, based on DNA-nanorobot model. Could our DNA one day be actually altered even after birth by trillions of tiny robots running through our bodies, leaping from cell to cell and altering DNA in ways that are supposed to make us stronger, better thinkers, more observant, and even stop the eventual hurdle of age that is an inevitability for all life? Such robots could easily be the cure for cancer and any number of other ailments if they were truly effective. On the other hand, nanotechnology is a strange and often feared technology filled with disturbing what-if scenarios.