According to information reported by Tristan Greene, “In the not-too-distant future it may be possible to run entire computer networks inside living cells thanks to a recent breakthrough in molecular computing by U.S. scientists.”

To wit, “According to research published Aug. 22, a team of scientists from North Carolina State University and Johns Hopkins University has built a functional DNA computer”

On the other hand, and as Cointelegraph previously reported, “DNA storage has been around for a while. But this may be the world's first functional molecular computer capable of performing storage and computational functions through DNA, rather than using electricity, like desktop computers and smartphones.”

One fact to know is that, “The basic premise of a blockchain inside a human being would be similar to the functioning of blockchain networks in the classical computing world. Different cells in a person's body would function as validation nodes for any transactions occurring on the cellular blockchain.”

Finally, “This may be a far-future technology that is currently beyond the reach of humanity, but the advancement of published research seems to have at least brought it within the realm of possibility”

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Cointelegraph. DNA computing breakthrough could turn living cells into functioning blockchains. Link

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