Summary: Topics covered on today's episode of Mind Set Daily "DNA Nanobots Deliver Drugs in Living Cockroaches" It's a computer – inside a cockroach. Nano-sized entities made of DNA that are able to perform the same kind of logic operations as a silicon-based computer have been introduced into a living animal. The DNA computers – known as origami robots because they work by folding and unfolding strands of DNA – travel around the insect's body and interact with each other, as well as the insect's cells. When they uncurl, they can dispense drugs carried in their folds. DNA nanorobots could potentially carry out complex programs that could one day be used to diagnose or treat diseases. "DARPA’s New Biotech Division Wants To Create A Transhuman Future" The Pentagon’s advanced research wing has announced its latest budget — and whoa, does DARPA ever have some ambitious plans for the future. Their new Biotech unit will be harnessing biology for national security, and dealing with everything from stopping plagues to building synthetic soldiers. Until Next Time... Support Mind Set Central Subscribe or donate
