File this under…”no duh”…
NYC Life Expectancy Is Seen Linked to Anti-Smoking Policy
“New York City heart-disease deaths have dropped 28 percent since 2002, a decrease the Health Department attributes to bans on public smoking, cigarette taxes and ads depicting tobacco-related illnesses…giving babies born in New York a record life expectancy of 80.6 years, three years more than in 2000 and above the national rate of 78.2 years.”
I came across this article today while getting ready for work. The artist’s rendition of the ‘bots was worth an immediate posting alone!
These experimental devices, described in the journal Nature, are advances in DNA nanotechnology, in which bioengineers are using the molecules of the genetic code as nuts, bolts, girders and other building materials, on a scale measured in billionths of a meter. The effort, which combines synthetic chemistry, enzymology, structural nanotechnology and computer science, takes advantage of the unique physical properties of DNA molecules to assemble shapes according to predictable chemical rules.
We are that much closer to seeing this put into real life conditions. Another decade, two or even three perhaps?
One can only dream…
