Cell-free biosensing is emerging as an effective and low-cost technology, but interpretation and synthesis of the results remains largely manual. Now, researchers have incorporated a new information-processing layer between biosensors and their outputs using logic gates to integrate complex results.
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Amalfitano, E., Pardee, K. Logic invades cell-free biosensing. Nat Chem Biol 18, 356–358 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-021-00963-8
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