Storing digital data using synthetic DNA requires information to be encoded into nucleotide sequences and the corresponding molecules to be synthesized and stored in an appropriate environment. To ...

Over the past 10 years, researchers led by FU Qiaomei from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have used ancient DNA (aDNA) ...

Editors' note: This article was last updated in October 2023. In March 2025, 23&Me filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. While the product remains for sale as the company attempts to find a ...