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Information processing by biological systems is not an invention of the modern era. It started in the far past with the semblance of life on our planet, was

operative in single-celled organisms, and was active throughout the ages with

the evolution of higher species.

During the last few decades this area of endeavor has attracted the attention

of scientists and engineers. They were driven not only by the inborn curiosity

of human beings, but also by the quest for solutions to practical issues. Among

the latter, the most pressing were the miniaturization of devices and conferring

upon them greatly extended capabilities for information processing. More

recently, as sustained efforts were aimed at these goals, a critical warning was

issued by physicists. They pointed out that, sooner or later, the technology

currently available is bound to reach the limits of its capabilities. This will be

caused by undesired crosstalk between the densely packed ultraminiaturized

components, as well as by the inability to dissipate the heat produced. Hence,

alternative technologies had to be developed. It was at this point that the

concepts of information processing by molecular systems emerged—among

them, biomolecular systems.