Paul Allen a Microsoft co—founder
just made USD100 million investment in the human cell technology. Discovering the
kind of cells that used to make living human, Allen Institute for the Cell
Science will soon be based in Seattle and its main goal will is only to simulate
the living cell.
Not just single cell, but all
kinds of cells that would probably be the answer to his vision, if you can
build operating system, you will know all of them.
The said institute will be manned
initially by 70 cell biologists and a computer scientist under management of Horowitz,
researcher from University of Virginia. As of now it is not yet clear what this
simulation entail, media already been given few catchy phrases to throw.
Allen with a proven track record
for his investments into a good science, Allen Brain Institute, which was
founded in the year 2003, already produced most comprehensive maps of mouse
brain now used and last year he also founded the AI2, it was an institute that
will study the artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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