Have you ever seen a 3D print ?
Recently, in a Chicago University, a mouse was implanted with synthetic, printed ovaries. A 3D printed mouse ovary. The mouse went on to give birth to healthy babies. Link given below:
https://www.livescience.com/59189-3d-printed-ovaries-offer-promise-as-infertility-treatment.html
But you must have come across bigger 3D printers in your day to day life.
A Pregnant Lady is a 3D printer which prints out a newborn from the data stored in the nucleus of an ovum inside her womb.
Every time you see a pregnant lady walking, be assured, she is assembling the biggest amount of information that can put all the super computers of our world into shame.
The amount of data printed in to a new born baby is simply enormous.
Our genome contains 46 chromosome written with 3 billion letters
Just to have an idea:
In February 2001, Craig Venter printed his own whole genome on paper, page by page, letter by letter.
It contained 3 billion letters of ‘A-T-G-C’s and filled up exactly 262,640 PAGES. The book weighed just 150 Kilograms.
Interestingly, any TWO consecutive letter if printed WRONG can condemn him to a terrible disease or cancer.
JUST 2 letters out of 3 BILLION.
When only one letter is changed in our genetic code it is called a Point Mutation. Here is an example how an English word can change with change of just one alphabet.
In the same way, if our genetic code is changed by a single letter, a completely different gene is created. sometimes it may be innocuous. But some times, it can create a life threatening disease. A list of diseases caused by one point mutation is given below.
as on date, these diseases seem to be life long curses. The Good thing is that with the modern Genetic technology (CRISPR) we can correct these genetic defect completely in the near future.
That will be great. Isn’t it ?
in 2001, Craig Venter created history by sequencing human genome.
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