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In iPS technology, gene overexpression of the four genes can induce reprogramming of a cell from differentiated state to stem cell state.

A pioneer in biological computing:
Heinz Förster 

His work focused on cybernetics, the exploration of regulatory systems, and who founded in 1958 the… - Gerd Moe-Behrens - Google+

The biosynthesis of benzylisoquinoline alkaloids such as morphine requires tyrosine oxidases, which are prone to overoxidation. A colorimetric readout that co-opts betaxanthin enzymes now enables discovery of an improved oxidase that, with other enzymes, makes reticuline in yeast.

Cabrera and Solorzano have described their BioBots startup as “the future of regenerative medicine” and have a goal of becoming the “PC of bioprinters”.

Scientists have built a tiny, long-term memory cell that can both store and process information at the same time, just like the human brain. This is one of the first multi-state electronic memory cells, and it represents a crucial step towards building a bionic brain. 

Not only does this new cell - which is 10,000 times thinner than a human hair - open up the potential to store and process way more data than ever before, scientists are even more excited about the fact that it has 'memristive' abilities. This means that it's able to retain remember and be influenced by information that has previously been stored on it - something that our current storage devices aren't capable of.

"This is the closest we have come to creating a brain-like system with memory that learns and stores analog information and is quick at retrieving this stored information," project leader Sharath Sriram, from RMIT University in Australia said in a press release. "The human brain is an extremely complex analog computer ... its evolution is based on its previous experiences, and up until now this functionality has not been able to be adequately reproduced with digital technology."

The cell's new abilities add another dimension beyond the on/off memory cells we currently use to store our data on conventional devices, such as USBs, which are only capable of storing one binary digit (either a 0 or a 1) at a time. The researchers are comparing this to the difference between a regular light switch, which either turns the light on or off, and a dimmer switch, which gives you access to all the shades of light in-between.

"It can give you much more flexibility in terms of what information you store and what functionality you get," one of the researchers, Hussein Nili, told Jessica Kidd over at ABC News.

Publishing in Advanced Functional Materials, the researchers explain that the cells are made out of a functional oxide material in the form of an ultra-thin film. The team created the material last year, and demonstrated that it was highly stable and reliable. But they've now successfully introduced controlled defects into the film, which allow the cell to be influenced by previous events.

Natural Computing

System theory inspired thinking has led to the identification of ideas behind data processing in nature, but also in machines, such as… - Gerd Moe-Behrens - Google+

Crispr/Cas9 System is a powerful tool to potential cure many diseases but now scientist have developed Optical Control of CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing to control the activation of Crispr/Cas9 System

The first of a series of three 30 minute videos produced by the American Society for Cybernetics and Change Management Systems, directed by Pille Bunnell, 19...