Computers use transistor-based logic gates as the basis of their functions, but molecular logic gates would make them much faster. A report of DNA-based logic gates could be a first step towards molecular computing.
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Carell, T. DNA as a logic operator. Nature 469, 45–46 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/469045a
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