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Published on: September 18, 2014

In-vitro validated methods for encoding digital data in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).

Golam Md Mortuza¹, Jorge Guerrero², Shoshanna Llewellyn¹

¹Department of Computer Science, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, USA.

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|April 21, 2023

Summary

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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) offers a novel archival memory solution. Advances in DNA synthesis and sequencing enable efficient data storage and retrieval, validated by real-world experiments.

Keywords:

DNA Data storage Error correction Information encoding Nucleic acid memory

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Area of Science:

Biotechnology and Information Science
Emerging archival memory technologies

Background:

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a promising candidate for long-term data archival.
Progress in DNA synthesis and sequencing technologies enhances storage capacity and reduces costs.

Purpose of the Study:

To survey and review methods for translating digital data to and from DNA molecules.
To highlight methods validated through in-vitro experiments with real-world data.

Main Methods:

Review of existing literature on DNA data storage techniques.
Analysis of methods for encoding digital information into DNA sequences.
Examination of techniques for decoding DNA sequences back into digital data.

Main Results:

Successful demonstration of storing and retrieving real-world data using DNA molecules.
Validation of various data-to-DNA and DNA-to-data translation methods through experimental evidence.

Conclusions:

DNA data storage is a viable and increasingly practical archival memory technology.
Continued advancements in synthesis and sequencing are key to its widespread adoption.