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• rflrob 16y ago
  My understanding from talking with people in the field is that BioBrick parts aren't nearly as turn-key as could be hoped. I'm sure that over the next decade or so, they'll get much better, just as computer technology did, but they aren't there yet.
  • mikedmiked 16y ago
    Frequently bricks aren't compatible or affect the expression of other bricks in a totally unpredictable manner. The only way of guaranteeing a working biobrick made of many biobricks is to combine as many combinations of biobricks-which-do-the-same-thing as you can find, and use the ones generating the best gene expressions. Even then you might want to take the best 3 or 4 as they will behave differently when combined with other bricks.
  • Rod 16y ago
    It took some 100 years to get from Kirchhoff's circuit laws to the transistor. Taking into account that biological networks are much more complex than electrical ones, count yourselves lucky that any modularity at all is even attainable. If any HN'ers out there can do better, the world eagerly awaits for your blinding brilliance to bear fruit.