The current status and future prospects of DNA computing.

Author: Shan YANG ¹ ; Jinyu LI ¹ ; Yujun CUI ¹ ; Yue TENG ¹
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1. Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100071, China.
Publication Type:Review
Keywords: DNA chip; DNA circuit; DNA computing; DNA strand replacement technology; gene circuit
MeSH: DNA/genetics*
From: Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2021;37(4):1120-1130
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: As the demand for high-performance computing continues to grow, traditional computing models are facing unprecedented challenges. Among the many emerging computing technologies, DNA computing has attracted much attention due to its low energy consumption and parallelism. The DNA circuit, which is the basis for DNA computing, is an important technology for the regulation and processing of the molecular information. This review highlights the basic principles of DNA computing, summarizes the latest research progress, and concludes with a discussion of the challenges of DNA computing. Such integrated molecular computing systems are expected to be widely used in the fields of aerospace, information security and defense system.