'Future medicines may be designed much like software' — How scientists programmed human cells to compute like tiny processors and target cancer using RNA trans-splicing

RNA trans-splicing.

• Human cells processed multiple biological signals using fewer genetic instructions simultaneously
• RNA trans-splicing allowed cells to execute complex computational operations efficiently
• Researchers built living versions of computer adders and multiplexers successfully

Researchers at Hebrew University claim to have engineered human cells capable of processing multiple biological signals simultaneously, much like small computer chips.