Computing by biological systems doesn't only happen in the brain: all cells are capable of regulation reminiscent of logic gates in silicon-based processors. For this month's episode of the science ramble, we look at how two groups of synthetic biologists have recently completed the circle of mutual inspiration between biology and technology, and implemented a neural network-like architecture in bacterial cells.

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The two studies mentioned:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-23336-0

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/sc/d1sc01505b