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The thing with biochemistry is that it is highly connected, and very complex. Molecules aren't just products, they can also bind to gene regulators, or stabili
by CuriouslyC 9y ago
The thing with biochemistry is that it is highly connected, and very complex. Molecules aren't just products, they can also bind to gene regulators, or stabilize protein complexes. You can't cleanly separate parts of the system.
- cellis 9y agoReminds me of a talk by Andrew Endy[1], a long time ago, about synthetic biology. The essence is that his vision is to create "building blocks" of bio that have standard interfaces so you can then "code" them instead of untangling this spaghetti of life. [1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJFqqxxtbRY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJFqqxxtbRY
- TeMPOraL 9y agoThis only means we need better tooling and better abstractions to be able to tackle this problem.