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Was thinking about this the other day. Could we create synthetic cells with little mini scripts running inside? They could perhaps recognize a cancer cell or
by formvoltron 5y ago
Was thinking about this the other day.
Could we create synthetic cells with little mini scripts running inside? They could perhaps recognize a cancer cell or bacteria cell and then kill it.
- ta988 5y agoWe know how to make that with immunotherapy for example (the recognize and kill) look at how CAR-T cell therapy work.
- ifrancium 5y ago[Synlife](https://www.synlifebio.com/technology https://www.synlifebio.com/technology) seems to be working on just that. Kate Adamala's work focuses on minimal cells, and she organizes a neat [journal club](http://buildacell.io/ http://buildacell.io/) on related topics.