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Information storage in bacterial DNA
by Dr. Nanochick at 4:29 am EST, Jan 6, 2003

] "For very long-term storage and retrieval, encode
] information as artificial DNA strands and insert into
] living hosts. As vectors, bacteria, even some bugs and
] weeds, might be good for hundreds of millions of years. "

This is the saddest, most uninformative abstract I have ever seen in my life. Anyway, thought the subject was pretty neat, so I figured I would meme it. I am sure NewScientist will summarize it in a few days.


 
RE: Information storage in bacterial DNA
by Decius at 11:37 am EST, Jan 6, 2003

Nanochick wrote:
] ] "For very long-term storage and retrieval, encode
] ] information as artificial DNA strands and insert into
] ] living hosts. As vectors, bacteria, even some bugs and
] ] weeds, might be good for hundreds of millions of years. "
]
] This is the saddest, most uninformative abstract I have ever
] seen in my life. Anyway, thought the subject was pretty neat,
] so I figured I would meme it. I am sure NewScientist will
] summarize it in a few days.

Well, this certainly sounds interesting if you can find better information. Maybe there are secret messages encoded in our DNA already! :)


 
 
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