Storing Digital Binary Data in Cellular DNA

Today's digital storage media do not last long and hold only so much, while the amount of information people create and consume keeps climbing faster than storage can be produced. Rocky Termanini takes up this problem and examines DNA as a possible alternative. He lays out how the molecule works as a system for recording information and how it can encode very large volumes of data, tracing the rise of DNA as a storage technology for an ever-expanding flow of digital material.

The book looks at the practical methods involved. It covers the tools used to encode digital data into DNA, including CRISPR, and discusses how such data is synthesized and then sequenced again. It also introduces the idea of combining DNA storage with Digital Immunity Ecosystems (DIE).

The author also considers where the technology may be applied and what concerns it raises. Topics include smart cities, cybercrime and cyberwarfare. The text is aimed at computer scientists, biomedical engineers, geneticists, physicians, clinicians, law enforcement personnel and cybersecurity specialists who want to understand this emerging field.