May 2000
DNA Computing
DNA-based PCs? Doubtful. But DNA might do some computing-while assembling nanostructures.
By Antonio Regalado
Leonard Adleman sends his regrets. In an e-mail FAQ he uses to fend off journalists seeking interviews, the University of Southern California computer scientist and world-famous cryptographer who invented the field of DNA computing confesses that "DNA computers are unlikely to become stand-alone competitors for electronic computers." He continues, somewhat apologetically: "We simply cannot, at this time, control molecules with the deftness that electrical engineers and physicists control electrons."
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