Watch the following clip from the show Last Week Tonight, with John Oliver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns8NvPPHX5Y Write about your reaction. Make sure to address at least the following questions
February 3, 2023Milestone Two (DB)
February 4, 2023
Discussion Questions:
- Why is DNA storing information important?
- What characteristic of DNA makes it good for storing information?
- What are the advantages of using DNA for information storage instead of RNA?
- What are the obstacles hindering the scaling up of DNA data storage?
- Can synthetic DNA store digital data and perform special-purpose computations, like large-scale similarity search?