Life hacker: now you can code cells like computers

• Autores: Andy Coghlan
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3068, 2016, pág. 21
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Tinkering with life just got easier. A tool that lets people design DNA circuits using a simple language makes programming living cells as straightforward as witting code for computers. This will make it possible to create smart bacteria to help produce food or dean up oil spills, for example. The tool is based on an existing language called Verilog, used to design electronic circuits. They take the same approach as for a computer chip, says Chris Voigt of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Every step in the process is the same--it's just that instead of mapping the circuit to silicon, it's mapped to DNA