By adding more ‘letters’ scientists increase DNA storage capabilities

The DNA has four ‘letters’ that encode all the information required to run complex life. Now researchers have added seven synthetic letters that expands the DNA’s ability to store more information. Watch this episode of #PureScience with Mohana Basu to learn how the research advances the quest for renewable data storage systems.

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DNA could store all of the world's data in one room |

1 gram of DNA can hold up to ~215 petabytes (1 petabyte = 1 million gigabytes) of information

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