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Cybergenetics Defined
- Cybergenetics fuses cybernetics and genetics to study control and communication in biological systems using modern genetic tools.
- Mustafa Khammash emphasizes the field upgrades Norbert Wiener's cybernetics by leveraging DNA-level interventions for control.
Biology Is Innate Control
- Biological systems evolved control mechanisms billions of years before engineers studied them formally.
- Feedback and regulation operate at molecular, cellular, tissue, organismal and ecological scales, shaping biological complexity.
Personal Entry Via A Family Health Puzzle
- Mustafa's transition began after his wife's thyroid issues prompted him to read endocrinology and spot control motifs in physiology.
- He modeled dairy-cow milk fever and found a proportional-integral-like calcium regulation, sparking his shift to biology.