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| − | < | + | <p>We have already known it since we were little that memory is related to our mind and is able to store and retrieve our pasts. Now, biological memory has been defined as a sustained cellular response to a transient stimulus<sup>1</sup>. Cellular memory devices with cell or cell population have been developed in recent years. Some of them are based on transcriptional level, like toggle switch<sup>2</sup>, the others are based on DNA level by employing various recombinases<sup>3, 4</sup> or CRISPR<sup>5, 6</sup>. Although existing devices may have different functioning mechanism, they all share the same ability to store the past and retrieve it whenever we need. Here, we will introduce some existing memory devices and the potential usage of cellular memory before introducing our project.</p> |
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Revision as of 06:39, 22 October 2017
Background - The era of cellular memory
We have already known it since we were little that memory is related to our mind and is able to store and retrieve our pasts. Now, biological memory has been defined as a sustained cellular response to a transient stimulus1. Cellular memory devices with cell or cell population have been developed in recent years. Some of them are based on transcriptional level, like toggle switch2, the others are based on DNA level by employing various recombinases3, 4 or CRISPR5, 6. Although existing devices may have different functioning mechanism, they all share the same ability to store the past and retrieve it whenever we need. Here, we will introduce some existing memory devices and the potential usage of cellular memory before introducing our project.
