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Bacteria Made to Behave as Computers

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the weekly-staph-meetings dept.

hende_jman writes "Scientists at Princeton University successfully 'programmed bacteria to behave like computers, assembling themselves into complex shapes based on instructions stuffed into their genes.' Though applications may not come for awhile, the article says that in the future this technology may be used in devices to detect bioterrorism chemicals. The article also has pictures of the programmed E. coli."

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  1. Thy work bears... fruit. by monocyte · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    One more thing to thank Alan Turing for.

    Please don't be offended at the subject, it is intended in the best spirit of Wicked Witch of the West broom-riding cackling.

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