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All the Data on Earth Can Fit in a Cup Full of DNA. This Is MIT’s Jurassic Park-Inspired Project (www.xatakaon.com)
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[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

And has data integrity for a few hours, if no mechanism to constantly repair them (almost correctly) exist.

Spoiler

I hint at ~~ribosomes~~ RNA polymerase here.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

This was my thought. DNA isn’t stable so it’s a lousy storage medium. Degrades over time, mutations in living organisms, etc.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

How would the thing in your spoiler repair DNA?

[–] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Tap for spoiler🤷

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

My, i'm getting old. I meant RNA polymerase.

Btw, i came across this article while searching for the right term.