Open AccessCarbon-based archiving: current progress and future prospects of DNA-based data storage
Author(s) -
Zhi Ping,
Dong-Zhao Ma,
Xiangyan Huang,
Shihong Chen,
Longying Liu,
Fei Guo,
Sha Zhu,
Yue Shen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
gigascience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.947
H-Index - 54
ISSN - 2047-217X
DOI - 10.1093/gigascience/giz075
Subject(s) - computer data storage , information storage , computer science , digital data , data science , coding (social sciences) , digital storage , nanotechnology , database , telecommunications , materials science , transmission (telecommunications) , statistics , mathematics , computer hardware , operating system
The information explosion has led to a rapid increase in the amount of data requiring physical storage. However, in the near future, existing storage methods (i.e., magnetic and optical media) will be insufficient to store these exponentially growing data. Therefore, data scientists are continually looking for better, more stable, and space-efficient alternatives to store these huge datasets. Because of its unique biological properties, highly condensed DNA has great potential to become a storage material for the future. Indeed, DNA-based data storage has recently emerged as a promising approach for long-term digital information storage. This review summarizes state-of-the-art methods, including digital-to-DNA coding schemes and the media types used in DNA-based data storage, and provides an overview of recent progress achieved in this field and its exciting future.