Slashdot Mirror


DNA Computer Detects, Treats Disease

Arthur Dent '99 writes "According to this article at Reuters, Israeli scientists at the Weizmann Institute have developed a DNA computer which can automatically detect and treat prostate cancer and a form of lung cancer in laboratory experiments. Theoretically, a person could be injected with this computer, and it would detect and treat any diseased cells at the earliest stages of development, perhaps preventing the disease altogether."

1 of 183 comments (clear)

  1. misread by mastergoon · · Score: 0, Troll

    Somehow I read this as DNA Computer Defects [...]