Biology Will Be the Next Great Computing Platform

Biology Will Be the Next Great Computing Platform

  • May 6, 2018
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Biology Will Be the Next Great Computing Platform

Crispr, the powerful gene-editing tool, is revolutionizing the speed and scope with which scientists can modify the DNA of organisms, including human cells. So many people want to use it—from academic researchers to agtech companies to biopharma firms—that new companies are popping up to staunch the demand. Companies like Synthego, which is using a combination of software engineering and hardware automation to become the Amazon of genome engineering.

And Inscripta, which wants to be the Apple. And Twist Bioscience, which could be the Intel.

Source: wired.com

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