Re:How much information is in DNA?
by out_of_protocol on Saturday May 10, 2025 @06:43AM
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DNA self-desintegrate very fast. It only works in living cells because it is being repaired non-stop
Even reading is a destructive process, and the physics involved are incomprehensibly complex by comparison with anything in the digital domain.
There are ways to read it nondestructively. One way does trade resolution but once prepped the DNA itself can be imaged to be read.
That does not read DNA. A chromosome is not a strand and a karyotype is not a sequence. In any case, I described what a ribosome does.
Re:How much information is in DNA?
by shishironline on Saturday May 10, 2025 @09:28AM
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Sorry, it is one of the most stable organic molecules and can stay intact for thousands of years. That is why the Jurassic Park like fantasies are based on a truth and many extinct species have been brought to life through DNA in reality too.
I think maybe they are talking about the very tightly packed yet still functionally accessible 3d structure that is chromatin, not individual strands.
No, they haven’t. Any claims otherwise are as real as “T Rex Leather” handbags.
Millions of chimeric cells on the same petri dish? That's 1PB on a single glass slide.
Depending on the sequencing tech paired with the rise of Spatial data, the read speed could be formidable.
Needlessly complex setup though. Let's just stick with metals for now.