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LANGER STRADDLES ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRY. "Some hard-core academics might bristle at working with industry. But Langer has deftly straddled both those worlds and blueprinted how professors can play a role in advancing their discoveries to patients. Langer has close ties with the venture community, particularly Polaris Venture Partners, which has invested $225 million in 19 Langer-related startups through January, 2013."" " http://lnkd.in/dt7z8cJ View in LinkedIn

SYNTHETIC DNA HAS MANY USES, "A synthetic DNA could be designed which codes for molecules engineered in the lab, that have specific bodily functions. Applications of synthetically designed molecular networks in the world of medicine are practically endless."" " http://lnkd.in/djVpjGV View in LinkedIn

BOB S LANGER founded 21 biotech companies: Acusphere, AIR, Arsenal, BIND Biosciences, Blend Therapeutics, Enzytech (Acq. by Alkermes), InVivo Therapeutics, Kala, Living Proof, Microchips, Moderna, Momenta, Pervasis, Pulmatrix, Selecta Biosciences, Seventh Sense, Sontra Medical, Taris, Transform, and T2."" " http://lnkd.in/dmQtbTe View in LinkedIn

LIVING COMPUTER. W.L. Ditto, in 1999 "created a biocomputer composed of leech neurons at Georgia Tech which was capable of performing simple addition." (Reported by J Peasmould Gruntfuttock in 2001). " " http://lnkd.in/d3s2QSs View in LinkedIn

MIT'S BOB LANGER; Forbes calls one of top 25 people in biotech. "Robert S. Langer is the David H. Koch Institute Professor ( being an Institute Professor is the highest honor that can be awarded). Dr. Langer has written over 1,200 articles. He also has 815 issued and pending patents worldwide. Dr. Langer’s patents have been licensed or sublicensed to over 250 pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology and medical device companies. He is the most cited engineer in history."" " http://lnkd.in/dj5AQtv View in LinkedIn

ENDLESS DNA APPLICATIONS. "Chemical Programming Language May Enable the Development of Synthetic DNA. Applications of synthetically designed molecular networks in the world of medicine are practically endless." (Oct 7, 2013)." " http://lnkd.in/djVpjGV View in LinkedIn

BIOCOMPUTERS PLAY CHESS. "Other biological molecules besides DNA have also been used for computation. Faulhammer and colleagues used RNA to solve an assortment of chess problems through DNA computing."" " http://lnkd.in/dy46FVd View in LinkedIn

DNA COMPUTERS DO MATH: "researchers have been able to solve a diverse group of mathematical problems using DNA molecules. In 2011, Qian and Winfree were able to calculate square roots using ‘seesaw’ logic gates. Later, (the same group) used the DNA logic circuits which were not only able to recall memory using incomplete information, but also to determine when conflicting answers were obtained."" " http://lnkd.in/dy46FVd View in LinkedIn

SMART PROGRAMMABLE DRUGS. "Biological organisms use complex molecular networks to navigate their environment and regulate their internal state. The development of synthetic systems with similar capabilities could lead to applications such as smart therapeutics or fabrication methods based on self-organization."" " http://lnkd.in/djVpjGV View in LinkedIn

SMART DRUGS. "Chemists soon could be able to use a structured set of instructions to 'program' how DNA molecules interact in a test tube or cell. A team has developed a programming language for chemistry that it hopes will streamline efforts to design a network that can guide the behavior of chemical-reaction mixtures in the same way that embedded electronic controllers guide cars, robots and other devices. In medicine, such networks could serve as smart drug deliverers or disease detectors at the cellular level."" " http://m.slashdot.org/story/192305 View in LinkedIn