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Synthetic Analog Computation In Living Cells : Nature : Nature Publishing Group
Digital versus analog computation in living cells
In natural biological systems, digital behaviour is appropriate in settings where decision making is necessary, such as in developmental circuits. The digital approach is an abstraction of graded analog functions, where values above a threshold are classified as ‘1’ and values…
Synthetic biology
A central goal of synthetic biology is to achieve multi-signal integration and processing in living cells for diagnostic, therapeutic and biotechnology applications. Digital logic has been used to build small-scale circuits, but other frameworks may be needed for efficient…