The day is not far when you can control your genes with your mind! Effectively you can change not only your moods and behavior but also essentially what you are by the power of your thought!
The technological possibility is established through a ‘Proof of Concept’ research paper just published in Nature Communications.
“We wanted to be able to use brainwaves to control genes. It’s the first time anyone has linked synthetic biology and the mind,” says Martin Fussenegger, a bioengineer at ETH Zurich in Basel, Switzerland.
Schematic representation of mind-controlled transgene expression (After M. Folcher et al, 2014)