DNA has been storing vast amounts of biological information for billions of years. Researchers are working to harness DNA for archiving data. A new method uses light to simplify the process.
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Storing information using polymers could be more efficient than DNA data storage.
Pediatric epigenetic clocks have the potential to accurately assess biological age. However, possible applications in law enforcement and immigration raise ethical issues.
When you share your genetic data – even with the NHS – you don’t know where it will end up, or how it will be used.
Technologies for accessing information need to be somehow future-proofed.
The rapid growth of genetic testing and data-gathering could revolutionize health and medicine if governments work to protect people against privacy and societal risks.
Researchers who hold the world record for storing and retrieving data in DNA explain how the building blocks of life can be used to hold digital information as well.
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Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington
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Principal Researcher in Computer Architecture, Microsoft Research; Affiliate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington
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Post-Doctoral Research Scientist in Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University
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Post-Doctoral Research Scientist in Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University
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Canada Research Chair in Social Epigenetics and Professor, UBC Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Center of Genomics and Policy, McGill University
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Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, Boise State University
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Lecturer in Polymer Chemistry, University of Bradford
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