Journal
ACS SENSORS
Volume 3, Issue 1, Pages 13-26Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.7b00728
Keywords
synthetic biology; biocomputation; digital circuits; logic gates; analog circuits; whole cell biosensors; biomedical sensors; environmental sensors
Funding
- TUBITAK [115Z217]
- TUBA-GEBIP Distinguished Young Scientist Award
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An increasing interest in building novel biological devices with designed cellular functionalities has triggered the search of innovative tools for biocomputation. Utilizing the tools of synthetic biology, numerous genetic circuits have been implemented such as engineered logic operation in analog and digital circuits. Whole cell biosensors are widely used biological devices that employ several biocomputation tools to program cells for desired functions. Up to the present date, a wide range of whole-cell biosensors have been designed and implemented for disease theranostics, biomedical applications, and environmental monitoring. In this review, we investigated the recent developments in biocomputation tools such as analog, digital, and mix circuits, logic gates, switches, and state machines. Additionally, we stated the novel applications of biological devices with computing functionalities for diagnosis and therapy of various diseases such as infections, cancer, or metabolic diseases, as well as the detection of environmental pollutants such as heavy metals or organic toxic compounds. Current whole-cell biosensors are innovative alternatives to classical biosensors; however, there is still a need to advance decision making capabilities by developing novel biocomputing devices.
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