Probing the physical limits of reliable DNA data retrieval

The physical limits and reliability of PCR-based random access of DNA encoded data is unknown. Here the authors demonstrate reliable file recovery from as few as ten copies per sequence, providing a data density limit of 17 exabytes per gram.

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Main Authors: Lee Organick, Yuan-Jyue Chen, Siena Dumas Ang, Randolph Lopez, Xiaomeng Liu, Karin Strauss, Luis Ceze
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/19f23bb6a4994c2e9220827cf7e5fcf6
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Summary:The physical limits and reliability of PCR-based random access of DNA encoded data is unknown. Here the authors demonstrate reliable file recovery from as few as ten copies per sequence, providing a data density limit of 17 exabytes per gram.