Cellular computers? Scientists train cells to perform boolean functions Date: May 30, 2012 Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Summary: Scientists have engineered cells that behave like AND and OR ...

The research carried out by the Louis lab is a new example on how the combination of interdisciplinary tools permits to probe basic principles underlying complex biological processes. In this case, ...

In this paper we prove sharp thresholds for monotone functions taking values in an arbitrary finite set. We also provide examples of applications of the results to social choice and to random graph ...