can a portion of our brain change our skin cells or looks so we can look like some one else in our genetic code?

Question: can a portion of our brain change our skin cells or looks so we can look like some one else in our genetic code?
- Keywords:
  brain,
  cell,
  DNA,
  skin
Asked by Daniel to Aimee, Gemma, Hussain, Robert, Ross on 14 Nov 2015.
- Robert Lees answered on 14 Nov 2015:
  
  Currently this isn’t possible, we don’t have it in our genetic code. But, in, say, 1000 years – we may know enough to make an animal which can shape-shift! It would mean we need to know almost EVERYTHING about how cells work, how to make new proteins and make them work together.

Question: can a portion of our brain change our skin cells or looks so we can look like some one else in our genetic code?