Biological computer can decrypt images stored in DNA

Californian and Israeli researchers have created a biological computer — a machine made from biological molecules — that has successfully decoded two images stored and encrypted within DNA.

Storing data in DNA isn’t all that hard — its primary purpose is to store genetic data, after all — but creating a biological computer to decode those long strings of nucleotides is impressive. We’re not talking about a molecular computer that’s comparable to the CPU in your PC, though;  ...  More...