Collaborate Disseminate
The ‘Human Genome Project—Write’ has drawn criticism because it could one day lead to children without biological parents. Continue reading American Scientists Want to Manufacture Synthetic Human Genomes
This is a good summary article on the fallibility of DNA evidence. Most interesting to me are the parts on the proprietary algorithms used in DNA matching: William Thompson points out that Perlin has declined to make public the algorithm that drives the program. "You do have a black-box situation happening here," Thompson told me. "The data go in, and… Continue reading The Fallibility of DNA Evidence
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While Google wants to put our memories in a database
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Microsoft Planning to Use DNA for Data Storage
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In Brief
Do you know — 1 Gram of DNA Can Store 1,000,000,000 Terabyte of Data for 1000+ Years.
Microsoft has purchased 10 Million strands of synthetic DNA, called Oligonucleotides a.k.a. DNA molecules, from biology startup Twist and collaborated with researchers from University of Washington to explore the idea of using synthetic DNA to store huge amount of data.
Microsoft is planning to
Continue reading Microsoft to Store Data on DNA — 1,000,000,000 TB in Just a Gram
Twist Bioscience, a startup making and using synthetic DNA to store digital data, just struck a contract with Microsoft and the University of Washington to encode vast amounts of information on synthetic genes. Big data means business and the company able to gather a lot of it is very valuable to investors and stockholders. But that data needs to be stored somewhere and can cost a lot for… Read More Continue reading Genetics startup Twist Bioscience is working with Microsoft to store the world’s data in DNA
There’s a new law that will enforce DNA testing for everyone: citizens, expatriates, and visitors. They promise that the program "does not include genealogical implications or affects personal freedoms and privacy." I assume that "visitors" includes tourists, so presumably the entry procedure at passport control will now include a cheek swab. And there is nothing preventing the Kuwaiti government from… Continue reading Kuwaiti Government will DNA Test Everyone
Cougar sightings are regularly reported in the province. Continue reading After 10 Years, Scientists Searching for Nova Scotia Cougars Call It Quits