Human cell programming chip technology revealed

Today, many parents pay money to have their children taken samples
of umbilical cord blood for preservation. In this way, they provide
the offspring with the opportunity to use the stem cells contained in
this blood to treat possible diseases in the future. Unfortunately,
today this is a fairly new technology and there is no information on
the successful use of umbilical cord blood.
But scientists are already using stem cells created in laboratory
conditions. During this process, scientists take samples of already
formed cells from the deep layers of the skin. They are placed in
equipment for programming cells using the Cello language. The only
difference from conventional programming in this case is that
instead of numerical data, researchers work with the nucleic acids
that make up DNA. By introducing new data into them, scientists
subject the formed ones to reverse development and turn them into
stem cells. This entire process is time consuming and costly for
patients. In addition, cancers can develop as the genetic data
changes.
To solve this problem, scientists at Indiana University School
of Medicine recently created a chip that can independently reprogram
cells to perform other tasks. There are tiny needles on one side of
the chip and a rectangular container of genetic data on the other.
Under the influence of electricity, new genetic information
penetrates the cells under the chip and forces them to perform
other functions. Blood vessels, nerve cells, and so on can be made
from ordinary skin cells.
According to the New Atlas (https://bit.ly/3lyPwIG), the technology
has been under development for five years. Today scientists are
ready to take the created chip out of the prototype stage and start
testing the final version on humans. Only for this you need to wait
for permission from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). When
the device can be used in a clinical setting, scientists hope to use
it to treat brain damage, nerve damage and other serious illnesses.