The Requiem quietly plays: Is it possible for molecular machines to read and modify proteins in the brain?

So, I had a concept (a bit large for a single question). One of it's parts is nanomachines rewiring the brain of the subject.

Since we don't know much about the exact workings of the human brain, we substitute the ability of changing memories to being able to read/analyze and manipulate large organic molecules, like the ones that make up the brain.

There is also the question of communication, which here is solved by having one type of robot for every order of magnitude, up to a centimeter. The working machines receive their orders from a higher up machine which receives... Singular information packages break down to more "simple" tasks when pased down to a machine, an order of magnitude smaller.

We're gonna assume the brain is in an artificial coma.

Is there a real world precedent for a "molecular machine" that's capable of relatively quickly and precisely reading and manipulating large organic molecules, like the ones that make up the brain?

posted about 5 years ago

Mephistopheles‭

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