Princeton’s Scientists and finding a way to control protein ? Mind blown

3 months ago (Edited)

I think its safe to say I am officially blown and here is why .

Okay, there is these group of guys called "The Princeton researchers". Yeah, absolutely amazing guys by the way. Now these guys are amazing in the sense that they have figured out a way to reshape the very fabric of life literally. That genius. It might interest you to know that, I as a person can barely shape a decent pancake, and these guys are over there casually rewriting how proteins behave. Proteins! Yea, those little workers in our bodies , the ones that make sure everything from growing hair to digesting that your favourite food goes smoothly, yeah those guys.

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Apparently, princeton researchers have come up with a sort of new technique to control these proteins, and it’s kind of like giving them a GPS system so to say. So basically, scientists can now guide proteins to do what they want, go where they want, and even when they want. Now if that's not wizardry, I don't know what is . Controlling proteins almost sounds like one of those science fiction movie with a dark cloud of horror hovering in the background where everything eventually goes horribly and terribly wrong.

But you see the article itself lay claims that this could have some seriously cool benefits. Maybe you still don't get it, let me make it clearer, we’re basically talking about nuking diseases at the smallest level, which is the the cellular level, creating effective medicines like never seen before, and maybe even solving some of the mysteries of aging. Imagine a future where we don’t just get older, we get better. Sounds like a dream come true, right? But at the same time, I’m sitting here wondering if I’ll live long enough to see this science come to life. Or if I’ll just end up being the grandpa with all the health issues while everyone else is genetically upgraded.

And here’s something that sounds even nicer, they’re not just talking about humans. This protein rewiring of a thing could also apply to plants and animals. Yep, so basically, we might be looking at a world where tomatoes don’t go bad even without refrigerating, and your dog might live forever. Okay, that’s an exaggeration, but you get my point.

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But with great power comes great responsibility, a shout out to Peter Parker lol? The question now is what are the possible “oops” moments that could happen. Like, what if they accidentally create a protein that turns everyone’s hair white or green? Ops, or worse, what if they program a protein to cure my love of meat, good, well seasoned meat or you know chicken ? I really love meat .

Still and still, this discovery is both mind blowing and slightly terrifying. On one hand, we’re about to witness the future of biology, and on the other, I’m hoping that we don’t accidentally create an army of giant mutant ants that dont hesitate to chew us or something. But hey, if anyone can handle the life altering implications of protein manipulation, it’s probably Princeton’s brainy researchers not me, the person who just couldn't remember Will Smith's first name this morning.

So while these scientists are out there playing the role of you know, life’s puppet masters, I’ll be here, patiently waiting for them to invent a way to stop me from forgetting 80% of what I read most times. Because sure, reshaping the fabric of life is impressive and all, but imagine the changing power of never having to read, over and over again what you have already read over and over again. Believe me, its a nightmare of a reading, see y'all .