{"id":196931,"date":"2024-10-02T15:24:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T20:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/250000-dna-sequences-successfully-store-11-28-mb-of-mri-information"},"modified":"2024-10-02T15:24:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T20:24:29","slug":"250000-dna-sequences-successfully-store-11-28-mb-of-mri-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/250000-dna-sequences-successfully-store-11-28-mb-of-mri-information","title":{"rendered":"250,000 DNA sequences successfully store 11.28 MB of MRI information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/50dd-JkWG-c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The team says that DNA \u2014 known for its stability and density \u2014 could be an ideal candidate for MRI data storage.<\/p>\n<p>Brain MRI scans provide invaluable insights into our bodies.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Interestingly, the team successfully encoded 11.28 megabytes of brain MRI data into roughly 250,000 DNA sequences. This translates to a <a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/innovation\/jurassic-park-inspired-dna-storage-polymer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\">data<\/a> density of 2.39 bits per base.<\/p>\n<p>The encoded oligos, which are the <a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/culture\/scientists-develop-new-scalable-dna-based-data-storage-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\">DNA<\/a> sequences containing the MRI data, are stored in a \u201cdry powder form.\u201d The oligos weigh only 3 micrograms, which is incredibly small. This suggests that a vast amount of data can be stored in a tiny space.<\/p>\n<p>It can \u201csupport over 300 reads under current technical standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/250000-dna-sequences-successfully-store-11-28-mb-of-mri-information\">Continue reading \u201c250,000 DNA sequences successfully store 11.28 MB of MRI information\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The team says that DNA \u2014 known for its stability and density \u2014 could be an ideal candidate for MRI data storage. Brain MRI scans provide invaluable insights into our bodies. Interestingly, the team successfully encoded 11.28 megabytes of brain MRI data into roughly 250,000 DNA sequences. This translates to a data density of 2.39 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1523,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-computing","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196931\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}