Digital evolution: DNA may bring computers to life

By Tanya LewisLiveScienceThe transistor revolutionized electronics and computing. Now, researchers have made a biological transistor from DNA that could be used to create living computers.A transistor is a device that controls the flow of electrons in an electrical circuit, which acts as an on-off switch. Similarly, the biological transistor— termed a transcriptor — controls the flow of an enzyme ...

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