DNA for Storage

DNA Capable Of Storing Memory For 2,000 Years

Edwin Kee | August 19, 2015

Source: http://internal.champaignschools.org/staffwebsites/isabelgi/Soph_Bio/DNAstructure.htm

...A team of scientists did present at the 250th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, laying claim to their success in making use of genetic material to store information safely, and that information will have a shelf life of at least 2,000 years, now how about that? DNA happens to be the data storage molecule of biology, where the human genome itself is said to carry approximately 750MB of raw information into a cell nucleus that measures a few micrometers across.


<more at http://www.ubergizmo.com/2015/08/dna-capable-of-storing-memory-for-2000-years/; related link: http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/212496-dna-can-now-reliably-store-data-for-2000-years-or-more (DNA can now reliably store data for 2,000 years or more. August 19, 2015) and https://hacked.com/researchers-prove-ground-breaking-potential-dna-storage-digital-data/ (Researchers Prove Ground-Breaking Potential of DAN Storage of Digital Data; A team of researchers have successfully demonstrated that data storage in DNA can withstand archival decay of up to 2000 years, proving that we can look to DNA-based storage solutions to store digital data and information rather than conventional hard drives that fail after a few decades. August 17, 2015)>