DNA: Not Just for Life Anymore!

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Our DNA stores the information that makes us who we are, but that's not all it can do! There are applications for DNA that go way beyond its use for life, like storing data and folding it into complicated shapes. Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Alisa Sherbow, Silas Emrys, Drew Hart. Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Adam Brainard, Nazara, GrowingViolet, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: Biological computers https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dna-data-storage-is-closer-than-you-think/ https://escholarship.org/uc/item/004485qm https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2714485/ https://news.mit.edu/2016/programming-language-living-cells-bacteria-0331 https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/dna-could-store-all-worlds-data-one-room https://science.sciencemag.org/content/3

Published 2021-06-13 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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