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The computer in our cells
This page provides online resources relating to Chapter 1 of Quantum Biology: A Glimpse into the Future of Medicine. Read a chapter extract, or scroll down to access figures and terminology, additional resources published by The Guy Foundation, and a list of further reading.
We already have the capacity inside us to store and process a volume of calculations way in excess of the most advanced modern computers, and for a fraction of the cost in terms of energy. Our bodies harness that ability because over time we have learned that there are cells that are able to recognise and remember that they came from a particular type of organism with a particular structure and function, and they are able to make a whole one again.
So, if the most powerful computers we will ever need are already inside us, how can we harness them? What will the interface look like? Will we look at the results on a screen or on our little fingers? I think the humans of the future will probably still have some parts inside them which have been manufactured by humans or by machines. But they may also have manufactured some parts for themselves. If we can regenerate an organ which has vast computing power, then in some animals we could just regenerate that. Their pineal gland might become their in-house computer.
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