Silicon chips learn to write DNA: Research points to cleaner route for synthetic biology

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The Harvard chip is an early-stage demonstration rather than an industrial replacement for current DNA synthesis platforms. Nevertheless, the work establishes a new benchmark for parallel enzymatic DNA synthesis and shows that silicon electronics can be used not only to compute information, but also to write the molecular code of life. The post Silicon chips learn to write DNA: Research points to cleaner route for synthetic biology appeared first on Digital Journal .