The next software revolution: programming biological cells, Sara Jane Dunn

Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more. The cells in your body are like computer software: they re programmed to carry out specific functions at specific times. If we can better understand this process, we could unlock the ability to reprogram cells ourselves, says computational biologist SaraJane Dunn. In a talk from the cuttingedge of science, she explains how her team is studying embryonic stem cells to gain