Microsoft expands deal to use DNA for data storage

Microsoft is expanding its deal with pioneering synthetic biology company Twist Bioscience to buy 10 million strands of DNA for deeper studies into data storage using the molecules that store the genetic code for humans and most other organisms. The deal builds on an earlier purchase of DNA produced by San Francisco-based Twist that resulted in Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and University of Washington researchers storing 200 megabytes of data, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 100…
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