Keio University Develops New Technology to Preserve Data in Bacteria.Tokyo, Japan, Feb 27, 2007 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) ) - Keio University Keio University (慶應義塾大学 Keiō gijuku daigaku Institute for Advanced Biosciences and Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus announced the development of a new technology that enables the use of bacterial DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. as a medium for long-term data preservation. The Research Group succeeded in developing this new technology by creating an artificial DNA that carries the data to be preserved, making multiple copies of the DNA and inserting the original as well as the identical copies into the bacterial genome genome: see genetics. genome all the genetic content contained within an organism. An organism's genome is made up of molecules of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) that form long strands that are tightly wound into chromosomes, which are found in the sequence. The multiple copies work as back up files to counteract natural degradation of the preserved data. Bacteria are quite compact and the DNA information is passed down from generation to generation, which allows for long-term preservation of large data files. Copyright [c] 2007 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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