Scientists Create Programmable Bacteria

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wilmavanwyk writes "In research that further bridges the biological and digital world, scientists at the University of California, San Francisco have created bacteria that can be programmed like a computer. Researchers built 'logic gates' – the building blocks of a circuit – out of genes and put them into E. coli bacteria strains. The logic gates mimic digital processing and form the basis of computational communication between cells, according to synthetic biologist Christopher A. Voigt."http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fscience.slashdot.org%2Fs tory%2F10%2F12%2F13%2F0410207%2FScientists-Create-Programmable-Bacteria%3Ffrom%3Dfb) http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png (http://twitter.com/home?status=Scientists+Create+Programmable+Bacteri a%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FhOuvHd)
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