Can a biologist fix a smartphone?—Just hack it!
Abstract Biological systems integrate multiscale processes and networks and are, therefore, viewed as difficult to dissect. However, because of the clear-cut separation between the software code (the information encoded in the genome sequence) and hardware (organism), genome editors can operate as s...
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doaj-103f71d981cb4cc5a11fe34c87a8a9f92020-11-25T00:17:15ZengBMCBMC Biology1741-70072017-05-011511310.1186/s12915-017-0378-2Can a biologist fix a smartphone?—Just hack it!Sophien Kamoun0The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research ParkAbstract Biological systems integrate multiscale processes and networks and are, therefore, viewed as difficult to dissect. However, because of the clear-cut separation between the software code (the information encoded in the genome sequence) and hardware (organism), genome editors can operate as software engineers to hack biological systems without any particularly deep understanding of the complexity of the systems.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-017-0378-2MetaphorGenome EditingCodical DomainQwerty KeyboardHistorical Constraint |
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Abstract Biological systems integrate multiscale processes and networks and are, therefore, viewed as difficult to dissect. However, because of the clear-cut separation between the software code (the information encoded in the genome sequence) and hardware (organism), genome editors can operate as software engineers to hack biological systems without any particularly deep understanding of the complexity of the systems. |
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