Biological nand gates built

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Submission + - Biological nand gates built (dailymail.co.uk)

Submitted by thodelu on Wednesday October 19, 2011 @12:31PM

thodelu writes: Scientists have taken another step towards biological computing, with the creation of logic gates from gut bacteria and DNA.

While something similar's been done before, the team says its logic gates behave more like the standard electronic version. They're also modular, which means that they can be fitted together to make different types of logic gates, paving the way for more complex biological processors to be built in the future.

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