# "Mimicking cells with transistors"

**URL:** <https://pheromonetalk.com/t/mimicking-cells-with-transistors/52733>\
**Category:** Lounge\
**Created:** [October 8, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/mimicking-cells-with-transistors/52733 "2011-10-08T23:56:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![QuietGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc8723/32.png) [@QuietGuy](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/QuietGuy)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/mimicking-cells-with-transistors/52733/1 "2011-10-08T23:56:37Z")

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> Analog — rather than digital — circuits could enable models of biological systems that are more efficient, more accurate and easier to build.

↳Click here to read the full article. ([Mimicking cells with transistors | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology](http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/analog-systems-biology-0928.html))

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**Author:** ![SteveO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@SteveO](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/SteveO)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/mimicking-cells-with-transistors/52733/2 "2011-10-10T02:24:21Z")

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Kind of makes a lot of sense really. I didn’t even have to read the article to agree 😃

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**Author:** ![QuietGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc8723/32.png) [@QuietGuy](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/QuietGuy)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/mimicking-cells-with-transistors/52733/3 "2011-10-10T22:10:03Z")

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> [@Steve](#):
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> Kind of makes a lot of sense really. I didn’t even have to read the article to agree 😃

Lol! 😛 I like the way the author of the article meted out the explanation  
on how transistors work.

Apart from the main topic, that was my favorite part of the article. 🙂