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Medical News
Technology
22 August 2019
Pic Doug Struthers/Getty Gene editing can turn living cells into minicomputers that can read, write and perform complex calculations. The technology could track what happens inside the body over time. DNA computers have been around since the 1990s, when researchers created DNA molecules able to perform basic mathematical functions. Instead of storing information as 0s and 1s like digital computers do, these computers store information in the molecules A, C, G and T that make up DNA.
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One problem is this information doesn’t change during the cells’ lifespan, making DNA computers …