Our bodies’ genes work together to regulate how our cells behave. For example, if you skin your knee, your genes use a chemical messaging system to direct an army of cells to heal the abrasion. If scientists could create artificial genes that could carry out the same functions but operate inside materials rather than organisms, a wide variety of new diagnostic, self-healing materials would be possible.
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