Artificial intelligence

How computer science gives wings to biology

Research in biochemistry or molecular medicine often produces huge amounts of data. But as with decoding the human genome, this is only the beginning of the work. Because only by analyzing and connecting this data do scientists get key information. However, interpreting huge mountains of data is not so easy. “Without efficient processes in bio- …

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Technology Review 4/22: Hacking the Code of Life Using Synthetic Biology

Synthetic biology could become a key technology of the 21st century. Because scientists around the world no longer observe only biological systems, they directly manipulate them using engineering methods. In doing so, they change the code of life and in a way rewrite it. With such an elementary shift, it is clear that researchers are …

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Technology expert Amy Webb on DNA as a security risk

“The Genesis Machine – Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology” is the title of the book that technology expert Amy Webb and microbiologist Andrew Hessel published in February this year. Webb’s professional career actually began as a reporter at the Wall Street Journal. In 2006, she founded the Future Today …

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