Cells as living calculators
Using analog computation circuits, MIT engineers design cells that can compute logarithms, divide and take square roots.
Using analog computation circuits, MIT engineers design cells that can compute logarithms, divide and take square roots.
MIT engineers design new synthetic biology circuits that combine memory and logic.
New sensor can detect four different molecules, could be used to program cells to precisely monitor their environments.
Engineers design new proteins that can help control novel genetic circuits in cells.
Study examines how cells exploit gene sequences to cope with toxic stress.
By swapping microbial genes, Chris Voigt designs cells with novel functions.
Analog — rather than digital — circuits could enable models of biological systems that are more efficient, more accurate and easier to build.
Synthetic biologists design a gene circuit that, when delivered to cancer cells, forces them to commit suicide.
New technology from MIT and Harvard can edit DNA at the genome scale, giving cells novel functions.