Nanocomputing in medicine

Abstract

Abbreviations: CMOS, complementary metal oxide semiconductor; WHO, world health organization; LMWP, low molecular weight proteome AbstractThe need for protecting and maintaining the confidentiality of sensitive data has become of great importance and concern now a days due to the rapid growth of internet and fast information exchange technologies. In medicine it is of great concern to store the integrity of the personal medical data especially in the form of images. The emerging field of DNA based nanocomputing methods offers a relief to this problem which utilizes DNA sequences to hide data. The paper presents a review on the concept of DNA cryptography and DNA computing in general. It also presents an overview of various possible applications of DNA based nanocomputing.