DNA is a curious thing. It might make sense for you to think about the DNA in your brain in terms of “brain DNA” and DNA in your blood in terms of “blood DNA”, but you’d be wrong. Strangely, the DNA in your skin cells sloughing off to make up a considerable proportion of common household dust is the exact same DNA found in the rest of the cells making up your body and bodily organs like your brain, heart, liver and muscles. So how does DNA know to make neurons or finger nails? How does it know what to…
The Science Creative Quarterly
By Emily Vucic
Emily enjoys science, research and learning. However, she resents Past Emily for a series of bad decisions, including university, student loans ("Hey! Free money!"), and not becoming a plumber or an electrician. Emily would also like to apologize to Future Emily for a lifetime of crippling student debt.