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Living computer created with DNA and genetically altered bacteria

• mattmaroon 19y ago
  Yes, but what's the clock rate. Give me gigahertz man!
  • albertcardona 19y ago
    A cell of E. coli divides in about 20 minutes, but DNA replication happens a lot faster. The metaphor says: the DNA polymerase enzyme travels at the speed of a truck over the DNA highway. See this link for some wild speculation of 'Teraflops' (they obviously don't count analysis time): http://www.nature.com/embor/journal/v4/n1/full/embor719.html http://www.nature.com/embor/journal/v4/n1/full/embor719.html
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• albertcardona 19y ago
  Back in 2001 or so, a researcher called Leonard Adleman published a solution to the traveling salesman problem computed with strings of DNA and a PCR machine (a sort of DNA sequence copy multiplier). Very slow beginnings. I am a biologist myself and curious to find out how far can we go.