Breakthrough: World's Smallest Computer Diagnoses and Fights Cancer

The video discusses a biomolecular computer developed by researchers at the Mediterranean Institute of Science. This computer can detect changes in molecular balance in the body, indicating the presence and type of cancer. It responds by producing a drug molecule to combat cancer cells. The computer, made entirely of biological molecules, uses DNA as input, output, and software, with enzymes as hardware. It assesses RNA concentrations to detect cancer and releases a DNA molecule to cause cancer cells to self-destruct. The research was published in Nature.

What materials are used to compose the input, output, and software of the biomolecular computer?

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Describe the process that occurs when cancer is detected by the biomolecular computer.

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