Synthetic Biology and My Cell has an app for that:
Some day we might go from my "cell phone" has an app for that to my "cell" has and app for that. This might sound like science fiction, but it might not be as hard as you think.
Some day we might go from my "cell phone" has an app for that to my "cell" has and app for that. This might sound like science fiction, but it might not be as hard as you think.
1/ I spent many years studying the cellular communications pathways inside our cells. These are the pathways that take signals from the receptors which receive signals from the outside and transmit them to the nucleus. 
2/ The signal is transmitted to the nucleus and turns on genes. Those changes result in an output of some kind in the form of cell behavior. It wasn't until I started to study Synthetic Biology did it makes sense.
3/ If you translate the operations of cells into those we understand from electronics, it makes so much more sense. The DNA is the operating system. Its 3 billion bases long of information stored inside the nucleus.
4/ The receptors of the cells are like inputs. Just like if you push a button on your remote it activates pathways in the circuits that delivery that signal to the TV that changes the channel. The circuit can go to many different places and activate or shut off different systems.
5/ Learning how to understand and transfer these circuit into those like a computer could help computers, AI and ML to design and develop cellular circuits. This could lead to the seamless integration of biotech and technology.
6/ With synthetic biology, gene editing, and new delivery systems, we could go from my phone has an app for that to my cell has an app for that.
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