Biological semiconductors help control living cells

Scientists at Stanford University have recently published a method for controlling living cells with a bio-type transistor.

Biological traps control living cells

The types of transistors that make up the microchips of computers and other technological devices are the basis for Stanford scientists based on the principle of making a possible semiconductor. Control of living cells. Can be imagined as a biological computer is becoming a reality.

A new type of device is called a semiconductor . It's a tiny fraction of a DNA molecule inside a living cell that scientists have altered to take control of an RNA molecule, such as an electric current. RNA has the effect of transmitting signals to the DNA of cells. By controlling RNA, scientists can take control of living cells. They can order cancer cells to stop dividing after reaching a certain number or putting sensors into plant cells to track changes in the environment.

Scientists believe that the development of successful semiconductor devices accelerates the process of understanding the structure and ability of cells to control. From there it is possible to build a complete biological computer. It will take many years for these studies to come to fruition. However, the prospect of a fully controlled biological computer, which governs living cells, is gradually coming to fruition.