Computer-Aided Design Of Biology
Biotech needs better design tools Imagine an alternate universe where rockets were designed not through careful engineering, but instead via trial-and-error: by using random combinations of components, no theoretical understanding of propulsion, and a design strategy that boils down to crossing your fingers. It would be disastrous! Almost every launch would end in a fireball, and on rare occasions one would achieve lift-off. Believe it or not, this is similar to how most genetic engineering is done today. Don’t get me wrong – over the past half-century, genetic engineering has unquestionably transformed the world for the better. It has…
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