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Timothy Lu Seeks to Combat Diseases by Combining Biology With Computer Science

posted by Fnord666 on Friday March 30 2018, @03:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the computerology dept.

sophiewilson0191 writes:

Synthetic biology is the study of the interdisciplinary fields of engineering and biology. It was described by the UK Royal Society as "an emerging area of research that can broadly be described as the design and construction of novel artificial biological pathways, organisms or devices, or the redesign of existing natural biological systems."

https://www.evolving-science.com/bioengineering/timothy-lu-seeks-combat-diseases-combining-biology-computer-science-00604

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 30 2018, @04:05PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 30 2018, @04:05PM (#660415)

    Doesn't that look suspiciously like a patent with the "on a computer" appendage?

    Maybe I'm not being fair, but TFA is little more than a couple photos, and some fluff about Lu. Nothing substantial, at all, IMHO.

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  • (Score: 2) by AnonTechie on Friday March 30 2018, @08:46PM

    by AnonTechie (2275) on Friday March 30 2018, @08:46PM (#660525) Journal

    Seems more like a scheme to get additional funding ... I hope I am wrong.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday March 30 2018, @11:10PM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday March 30 2018, @11:10PM (#660595) Journal

    The way I understand the fluff, It's actually the reverse: "computer running on biology" or "programing biological circuitry":

    In 2017, Timothy along with others at MIT published a paper in Cell journal. Through this study, they developed a synthetic gene circuit, encoded in DNA, where immune cells respond and attack cancer cells selectively. In the near future, he hopes to file an Investigational New Drug (IND), with the FDA, to pursue clinical applications.

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