Advances and challenges in non-canonical nucleic acids data storage

Nature Portfolio · 2026 · Indexed 8 October 2026

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Surveys non-canonical nucleic-acid storage and preservation challenges.

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Emerging approaches have application-specific limits.

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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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