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Cybernetic Cells

THE SIMPLEST LIVING CELL IS SO COMPLEX THAT SUPERCOMPUTER MODELS MAY NEVER SIMULATE ITS BEHAVIOR PERFECTLY. BUT EVEN IMPERFECT MODELS COULD SHAKE THE FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY

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W. Wayt Gibbs is a contributing editor for Scientific American based in Seattle. He also works as a scientific editor at Intellectual Ventures.

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 285 Issue 2This article was originally published with the title “Cybernetic Cells” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 285 No. 2 (), p. 52
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0801-52