Julyan H E Cartwright, Jitka Čejková, Elena Fimmel, Simone Giannerini, Diego Luis Gonzalez, Greta Goracci, Clara Grácio, Jeanine Houwing-Duistermaat, Dragan Matić, Nataša Mišić, Frans A A Mulder, Oreste Piro
In the mid-20th century, two new scientific disciplines emerged forcefully: molecular biology and information-communication theory. At the beginning, cross-fertilization was so deep that the term genetic code was universally accepted for describing the meaning of triplets of mRNA (codons) as amino acids. However, today, such synergy has not taken advantage of the vertiginous advances in the two disciplines and presents more challenges than answers. These challenges not only are of great theoretical relevance but also represent unavoidable milestones for next-generation biology: from personalized genetic therapy and diagnosis to Artificial Life to the production of biologically active proteins...
February 14, 2024: Artificial Life