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DNA computing is an emerging branch of unconventional computing which uses DNA, biochemistry, and molecular biology hardware, instead of the traditional electronic computing. Research and development in this area concerns theory, experiments, and applications of DNA computing. Although the field originally started with the demonstration of a computing application by Leonard Adleman in 1994, it has now been expanded to several other avenues such as the development of storage technologies, nanoscale imaging modalities, synthetic controllers and reaction networks.

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Origin Year
1994 1
Core Concern
Using DNA, biochemistry and molecular biology, instead of traditional electronics, to perform computation. 1
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Field-to-field association; both are standard neighbouring areas of computing

Bioinformatics, Fields

Leonard Adleman originated DNA computing in 1994.

Source DNA Computing (Wikipedia)
Parallel Computing, Fields

Field-to-field association; both are standard neighbouring areas of computing

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1. DNA Computing (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead paragraph, second sentence
    Although the field originally started with the demonstration of a computing application by Leonard Adleman in 1994, it has now been expanded to several other avenues such as the development of storage technologies, nanoscale imaging modalities, synthetic controllers and reaction networks, etc.
  • Lead paragraph, first sentence
    DNA computing is an emerging branch of unconventional computing which uses DNA, biochemistry, and molecular biology hardware, instead of the traditional electronic computing.
  • Associated With: Leonard Adleman, History section
    Leonard Adleman of the University of Southern California initially developed this field in 1994.
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