Robust direct digital-to-biological data storage in living cells

Nature Portfolio · 2021 · Indexed 8 October 2026

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What this contributes

Demonstrates direct digital-to-biological encoding in living cells.

The boundary of the evidence

Small-capacity laboratory work, not a human life archive.

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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