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The Origin of Life and the Universe

DNA: the molecule
of life

DNA during the
replication can be
thought as the fi-
nite controls. Here
is a cartoon show-
ing DNA replica-
tion where again
the DNA repre-
sents the input and
the output and the
enzymes that ma-
nipulate the DNA
are the finite con-
trols. In other
words when the
cells machinery replicates the DNA it says if a computer system is operating
in the very interior of the cell. Because of the similarity between how
computer systems function and processes like DNA replication computer
scientists have been inspired to develop a new technology called DNA
computing. The DNA computing essentially is based on the DNA and the
proteins found inside the cell that manipulate DNA.
These DNA computers are found inside little tiny test tubes, that are
this size. And these computers are more powerful than the most powerful
silicone based computer system that we have. They are more powerful
than super computer systems. And the reason is because you can perform
massive parallel operations simultaneously. DNA computing is the
brainchild of a computer scientist by the name of Leonard Adleman who
is at the University of Southern California. And this is what Leonard
Adleman says about the DNA computing:
“The most important thing about DNA computing is that it shows that
DNA molecules can do what we normally think only computers can do.
This implies that Computer Science and Biology are closely related.

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