The crucial role of CS in systems and synthetic biology

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Volume 51 , Issue 5 (May 2008) table of contents
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Pages 15-18

Year of Publication: 2008

ISSN:0001-0782

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Jacques Cohen

Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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Biological cells, coerced to function as hardware and driven by artificial DNA, can perform such nanoscale tasks as detecting toxic substances and manufacturing new drugs.

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