Biological Computation

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Molecular Computation

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    solving computational problems using

chemical and biological processes. Problems to be solved using molec-

ular computation are usually presented as a collection of molecules that

are mixed together and undergo a series of biological processes. ese pro-

cesses produce a new collection of molecules that represent the solutions to

the computational problem. is approach to solving computational prob-

lems is interesting in several ways:

• Practical motivation: Molecular computation may allow us to build

computational devices from biological molecules and possibly to

build general-p ...