Storing data encoded DNA in living organisms

a technology of living organisms and data, applied in nanoinformatics, instruments, stamping and other directions, can solve the problems of large data preservation problems behind today's information superhighway, disasters can easily destroy all of them intentionally or accidentally, and naked dna molecules can easily be destroyed
US20060024733A1Inactive Publication Date: 2006-02-02BATTELLE MEMORIAL INST
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BATTELLE MEMORIAL INST
Publication Date
2006-02-02
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Not applicable ¡ inactive patent

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Abstract

Current technologies allow the generation of artificial DNA molecules and / or the ability to alter the DNA sequences of existing DNA molecules. With a careful coding scheme and arrangement, it is possible to encode important information as an artificial DNA strand and store it in a living host safely and permanently. This inventive technology can be used to identify origins and protect R&D investments. It can also be used in environmental research to track generations of organisms and observe the ecological impact of pollutants. Today, there are microorganisms that can survive under extreme conditions. As well, it is advantageous to consider multicellular organisms as hosts for stored information. These living organisms can provide as memory housing and protection for stored data or information. The present invention provides well for data storage in a living organism wherein at least one DNA sequence is encoded to represent data and incorporated into a living organism.
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[0001] This invention was made with Government support under Contract DE-AC0676RL01830 awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy. The Government has certain rights in the invention.FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0002] The present invention relates generally to a method of storing data. In particular, but not exclusively, the present invention relates to storage of data as encoded DNA in living organisms. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0003] A data preservation problem looms large behind today's information superhighway. All current storage (e.g. paper, magnetic media, silicon chips) media require constant attention to maintain their information content. People or natural disasters can easily destroy all of them intentionally or accidentally. With the large amount of information generated by our society every day, it is time to think of a new generation of data memory.

[0004] The use of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) as a component of memory storage has been proposed for a number of reasons. For ...

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