Parallel molecular data storage by printing epigenetic bits on DNA

Nature Portfolio · 2024 · Indexed 8 October 2026

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What this contributes

Demonstrates digital information written as methylation patterns on DNA templates.

The boundary of the evidence

Experimental encoding, not capture of biological memories.

Why it belongs here

Molecular storage deliberately encodes information into DNA or associated molecular states. Research covers writing, error correction, protection and retrieval. This is different from sequencing a natural genome, and different again from acquiring a person's memories.

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