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   NANOTECHNOLOGY : DNA COMPUTING
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Molecule-sized Switch Could Control DNA Machines -- Scott Fields  -- LiveScience.com  -- June 18, 2006

A molecule-sized switch just 50 nanometers wide may someday control microscopic machines and also could make DNA sequencing faster, less expensive, and more precise.

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A Glimpse at the Future of DNA: M.D.'s Inside the Body -- Andrew Pollack  -- New York Times  -- April 29, 2004

Scientists have developed what they say could become the world's smallest medical kit: a computer, made of DNA, that can diagnose disease and automatically dispense medicine to treat it. The computer, so small that one trillion would fit into a drop of water, now works only in a test tube, and it could be decades before something like it is ready for practical use. But it offers an intriguing glimpse of a future in which molecular machines operate inside people, spotting diseases and treating them before noticeable symptoms even appear.

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