The provided text discusses biological computing, a nascent field that aims to program living systems using molecules like RNA. By using artificial intelligence to design these molecules, the field promises to revolutionize medicine and biotechnology with applications ranging from personalized medicine and synthetic biology to rapid pandemic response.

The author, Enrique Dans, explores the history, potential, and challenges of this field while highlighting the potential for ethical dilemmas and the importance of collaboration between biology and information systems to advance this technology.

This article is also available in English on my Medium page, «Biological computing: now that’s a combination I can get behind«