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Organelle Simulated on Microchip for First Time Options
jim
Posted: Sunday, August 2, 2009 11:55:59 AM

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The first prototype of an organelle is being developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=cells-golgi-apparatus



Next step - simulating an entire cell.
jdlaw
Posted: Monday, August 3, 2009 7:58:36 PM

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It seems like the artificial Ribosome Organelles would be more like artificial life than the golgi bodies. But what is the definition of life anyway? Any remember John Conway's game of life?

Conway's game of life
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