Genetic sheathe

A genetic sheathe was a coating of fake DNA.
Developed on Beowulf, the genetic sheathe was a means of disguising an individual's genetic profile from cursory screening. Similar to the process of regeneration to restore damaged skin tissue, the skin of an individual was flayed and regenerated using someone else's DNA, though suppressing the body's natural autoimmune response to foreign bodies was difficult. The process itself was painless, but could be uncomfortable in the recovery phase.
While genetic sheathes were of no common medical use, they were useful to intelligence operatives as such operatives would be protected from routine DNA sampling from analysis of hair, flakes of skin, traces of sweat, and body oils. A genetic sheathe would not protect the operative from identification by a targeted examine however.
Thus a genetic sheathe would allow an operative to assume a completely false identity for their purposes, including a corresponding change to their physical appearance. ()
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