DNA computing: arrival of biological mathematics — Lila, 1997

This is an overview of the history and current state of DNA computing research. Explaining that DNA molecules can be manipulated and designed to carry out specific tasks by using techniques such as DNA sequence design, molecular biology, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). These techniques allow researchers to encode information in the form of DNA strands, and use DNA molecules to perform mathematical calculations. An advantage of DNA computing is the potential for massive parallelism. DNA molecules can be replicated in large numbers, and multiple computations can be performed simultaneously in the same DNA strand. This makes DNA computing a promising area of research for solving computationally intensive problems. how ever they are challenges to address in the field, such as the high error rate of DNA synthesis and the need for improved methods of extracting information from DNA molecules.

Karl, L. DNA computing: Arrival of biological mathematics. The Mathematical Intelligencer 19, 9–22 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03024425