Image is from the video below.
Subject: Information Storage in DNA http://vimeo.com/47615970
Harvard cracks DNA storage, crams 700 terabytes of data into a single gram
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/134672-harvard-cracks-dna-storage-crams-700-terabytes-of-data-into-a-single-gram
and, from the WSJ:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324539304578259883507543150.html
Some viruses store genetic information in RNA
http://www.dnaftb.org/25/
My Layperson's Question
Given the described procedures/method, given the encoding is done using the 4 letter code shared by all life on the planet above the virus level; would this create the opportunity to create a "computer virus" that could be stored in DNA and when "read", use the DNA structure, or function in the storage itself, in storage, like a real virus does. to do its own thing. Further, could that thing the virus does be released into the non- digital space (us)?
Is this a wise union, of the made and the born?
Two things are certain;
Some people have ill will towards others.
Life as a whole, (DNA) is opportunistic.
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