DNA computer could fight cancer
NEW YORK, April 29 (UPI) -- New computers made of biological molecules that react to DNA hold the promise to diagnose and treat diseases such as cancer by operating like doctors inside the body, Israeli scientists said.
The devices, used in test-tube experiments, already have demonstrated the ability to identify and then destroy prostate and lung cancer cells, but their creators cautioned it could be decades before such biological computers find their way into medicine.
"The hope is that someday this direction will help lead to a new concept of 'smart drugs,'" said researcher Ehud Shapiro, a computer scientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovat, Israel.
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