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DNA storage finally reaches mainstream (well, sort of) — but it will cost you a whopping $1,000 per KB (yes, kilobyte)
DNA storage is finally within reach with the promise of being able to store billions of terabytes of data in a tiny volume, for hundreds of years and at a minimal cost. In a tantalizing ...
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There Are 50,000 Knots In Your DNA And They’ve Just Been Mapped
The double helix structure of DNA is so famous it serves as a sort of visual shorthand. However, in the 1990s geneticists started to suspect it is sometimes interrupted by secondary structures ...
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The (sort of) quick journey of a DNA sample
Only on TV do DNA samples get processed in 30 seconds A question Lindsay Knight often gets from seedstock breeders is why does it take so dang long to get their DNA results back?That’s ...
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Legislative Landmarks of Forensics: California v. Greenwood and Shed DNA
In fact, the garbage you leave for curbside pickup is a potential gold mine of this sort of material. All of this shed or so-called abandoned DNA is free for the taking by local police ...