X-Message-Number: 12842
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 10:50:47 -0500
From: gary tripp <>
Subject: DNA storage to record unmutated state

Brook Norton wrote:

>In msg 12823 Gary Tripp asks about services for storing DNA.  
>Back in March of 97, I posted to Cryonet:
>
>Information I've picked up on Cryonet and in casual reading of other
>publications has led me the following understanding... As you age, 
>your DNA slowly mutates so that an old person's DNA in each cell may 
>not be identical to the DNA of each cell at birth.  .....


I've found an interesting URL in: www.youthcell.com and they do store your
dna.

My interest in preserving my "youthful" dna revolves around the idea
that future methods of genetic engineering may permit us to rejuvenate
our aging cells by employing a benign virus to transport a fresh copy
of our mitocondria dna to these old cells. This may improve our longevity
enough to permit us to take advantage of future improvements in cryonic
suspension. For that matter, it may be possible to live long enough to
achieve immortality by more direct means such as uploading via some super
nmr imaging device...but I digress.

For me personally, I would much rather be reanimated by being uploaded
in any event and so storing my dna is only a bridge to the future.
If I were uploaded I could explore the universe unencumbered by the
constraints of biology. In an instant, an uploaded soul could fathom the
deepest and most beautiful mathematical and physical theories and 
visualize his ruminations in the most exquisite detail. Planetary travel
would be as easy as transmitting, at light speed, the software that 
encodes your identity. 

/gary

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