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Panich52

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Sun Jul 12, 2015, 10:35 AM Jul 2015

Basic computing elements created in bacteria - possible diagnosis aid

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Basic computing elements created in bacteria

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Researchers unveil a series of sensors, memory switches, and circuits that can be encoded in the common human gut bacterium. These basic computing elements will allow the bacteria to sense, memorize, and respond to signals in the gut, with future applications that might include the early detection and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease or colon cancer, they say.

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Basic computing elements created in bacteria - possible diagnosis aid (Original Post) Panich52 Jul 2015 OP
First viruses, now bacteria... n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2015 #1
A living computer in a petri dish. -none Jul 2015 #2
Oh fuck ... GeorgeGist Jul 2015 #3
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