Friday, February 15, 2013
How to turn living cells into computers
The structure that is used to organize this article was climatic order. The author of this article has an informative and nerdy tone.Basically this article was about how to turn living cells into computers. It described the cell structure and how it turns into a computer, they say. The three details from the article that support it are: Synthetic biology seeks to bring concepts from electronic engineering to cell biology, treating gene functions as components in a circuit, A wide range of computational circuits for cells have been developed since, including a simple counter that Collins and his team devised in 2009, and Lu says that the approach could also be useful in biotechnology. Using simple forms of these addressable switches, manufacturers could grow cell cultures in which key genes are turned off until activated by a signal compound, permanently turning on production of a drug, for example, when the system is ready. To me this means nothing right now, I could learn about this it might help me in biology. To the world or people it might help because its good information for biologist and biology teachers and things like that.
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I would have to say that the organization of this article is actually more topical than climactic. I don't think any one aspect explored is either more important or more detailed than another.
ReplyDeleteAnd while the tone seems nerdy to the uninitiated, I do not think it would seem that way to the intended audience. "Informative" is seldom descriptive enough for a tone, but I think "technical" would capture both the informational nature of the article and, well, the nerdiness.
You've got the main idea, but I'd like to you to spend a little more time and energy on breaking down the details. The language IS very technical, but if you can make meaning of this kind of language, you can break down anything.