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Re:Microsoft, UW demonstrate first fully automated DNA data ... by waynecochran on Saturday March 23, 2019 @04:00PM (#19472081)
Can the replication process that occurs when a cell divides be used for data copying? It seems like this, if doable, would be a huge boon for DNA storage.
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Re:Microsoft, UW demonstrate first fully automated DNA data ... by iso1337 on Saturday March 23, 2019 @04:29PM (#19472188)
It’s already used: look up Polymerase chain reaction.

Copying isn’t as interesting as de novo synthesis, being able to specify an arbitrary sequence and have it synthesized.

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