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Review of Research Challenges and Future of in DNA Computing Applications

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DNA computing is a computational development specialty that uses deoxyribonucleic acids to store data and perform complex counts. The use of DNA techniques lies in the way the processor may use DNA particles. For computational evaluation, DNA figuring uses a distinctive methodology. DNA processing analysis and progress are monitors that expect singular particles that fit as a data transporter to measure DNA particles. The use of DNA is for nuclear advancement, which includes information coding. Nuclear scale self-controlling programmable PCs are demonstrated, empowering every information and yield data to be in sub-nuclear structure. This paper presents an examination of the first ongoing advances in desoxyribonucleic corrosive critical thinking, which is a ton of, presents achievements and troubles for experts inside the not hence far-off future. This paper discusses the research challenges and future areas of DNA computing.

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Jain, S., Afshar Alam, M. (2022). Review of Research Challenges and Future of in DNA Computing Applications. In: Dua, M., Jain, A.K., Yadav, A., Kumar, N., Siarry, P. (eds) Proceedings of the International Conference on Paradigms of Communication, Computing and Data Sciences. Algorithms for Intelligent Systems. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5747-4_21

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