Living Computers (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

Living Computers

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Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is used to create logic circuits capable of performing various computations. In new experiments, Green and his colleagues have incorporated RNA logic gates into living bacterial cells, which act like tiny computers.

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Graphic by Jason Drees for the Biodesign Institute

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