boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoAll the Data on Earth Can Fit in a Cup Full of DNA. This Is MIT’s Jurassic Park-Inspired Projectwww.xatakaon.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-29 days agoAnd has data integrity for a few hours, if no mechanism to constantly repair them almost correctly exist. Spoiler I hint at ribosomes here.
minus-squareAmidFuror@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoHow would the thing in your spoiler repair DNA?
minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-29 days agoMy, i’m getting old. I meant RNA polymerase. Btw, i came across this article while searching for the right term.
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoThis was my thought. DNA isn’t stable so it’s a lousy storage medium. Degrades over time, mutations in living organisms, etc.
And has data integrity for a few hours, if no mechanism to constantly repair them almost correctly exist.
Spoiler
I hint at ribosomes here.
How would the thing in your spoiler repair DNA?
Tap for spoiler
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My, i’m getting old. I meant RNA polymerase.
Btw, i came across this article while searching for the right term.
This was my thought. DNA isn’t stable so it’s a lousy storage medium. Degrades over time, mutations in living organisms, etc.