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Replying to @gorskon @c0nc0rdance
Also, the “software” (“programming” the nucleotide sequences) is the easy part.
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Replying to @gorskon
It's running the same software on 5 billion different versions of a compiler and hoping to get 60,000 distinct and critical outputs in a specific order. Rockets, by comparison, are easy.pic.twitter.com/6IEGHKAdzB
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Replying to @c0nc0rdance
True, but I was referring only to the use of synthetic DNA or RNA to drive the production of therapeutic molecules, where the “software” design is generally not the main problem to be overcome.
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