Science
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Wait, Proteins Can Count? Inside Today’s Tiny Molecular Computers
TLDR: University of Washington researchers report in Nature Chemical Biology (Oct. 9, 2025) that they’ve built therapeutic proteins carrying logic circuits—AND/OR gates—that act only on cells passing a preset molecular checklist, promising far safer cancer and autoimmune treatments. The proteins’ “smart tail” folds when it meets two confirming biomarkers, flipping a molecular switch that delivers… read more
