Cell Computer

Functions

Cellularcomputersaremoreflexiblethanelectroniccomputers,becausethebiologicalmoleculesresponsibleforinformationtransmissioncanbereplacedbyotherbiologicalmolecules,whiletraditionalcomputerscanonlybelimitedto(single)electronicSignal.Cellularcomputerscanevencommunicatedirectlywithelectroniccomputers.Becausethetwohavethesamelogic,scientistshopethatelectroniccomputerscanbettercommunicatewithcells.Cellularcomputerswillfacilitatethein-depthstudyofvariousbiologicalmechanismsoforganisms,aswellasthedevelopmentofnewmethodsforthetreatmentofdiseases.

Cell Computer

Statusquo

In1999,theChineseAcademyofSciencesZengBangzheproposedtoregardgeneticinformationsystemasgenomicintelligence(genomicintelligence),whichcanbeartificiallyprogrammedandartificialevolution(artificialevolution),toredesigncomplexbiologicalmoleculesincellsInteractionnetwork,sothatthecellbecomesanartificiallifesystem.

Atthebeginningof1999,ZengBangzhe(ZengJie)establishedtheSystemBiologyScienceandEngineeringNetworkinGermanyandpreparedforinternationalconferencesandassociations,andpublishedonlinethedesignprinciplesofelectroniccomponentsandelectroniccircuitsforcellularcommunicationandmolecularbiologicalsystemsincells.Pictured,in2002,abiologicalcomputermodelofmolecularmodules,organelles,geneclustersdesigningcellsanddesigningcellsignalcommunicationwasproposedinGermany.

Manuallydesignandsynthesizegenes,genechains,signaltransductionnetworks,etc.,engineercellsandreprogramthem,whichcandocomplexcalculationsandinformationprocessing,socellcomputersarealsocalledwetcomputers(wetcomputers).computer)orlivingcomputer,cellularrobot,etc.

In2012,SwissresearcherFussenegelandothersmadetwokeybio-digitalcircuitsinanimalembryonickidneycells:halfadderandhalfsubtractor.TheycanaddAddorsubtracttwobinarynumbers.Thisisthemostcomplicatedbiologicalcircuitmadesofar,anditisexpectedtobeusedtobuildcellcomputers.

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