Genetics startup Twist Bioscience is working with Microsoft to store the world’s data in DNA

 Twist Bioscience, a startup making and using synthetic DNA to store digital data, just struck a contract with Microsoft and the University of Washington to encode vast amounts of information on synthetic genes. Big data means business and the company able to gather a lot of it is very valuable to investors and stockholders. But that data needs to be stored somewhere and can cost a lot for… Read More

from Microsoft – TechCrunch http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/27/genetics-startup-twist-bioscience-teams-up-with-microsoft-to-store-the-worlds-data-in-dna/?ncid=rss