Microsoft has partnered with a San Francisco-based company to encode information on synthetic DNA to test its potential as a new medium for data storage. Twist Bioscience will provide Microsoft ...

Microsoft announced a partnership with the San Francisco-based Twist Bioscience, which will provide the long oligonucleotides used for synthetic DNA storage.

Microsoft researchers also note that DNA storage could be the most future-proof medium we have. As long as there are humans, they will be interested in reading their own DNA.

The Age of AI will rely on massive volumes of data that can be easily stored and retrieved—and bioscience may have an ...

Microsoft Healthcare is teaming up with Spiral Genetics, a DNA analysis startup, to identify correlations between the human genome and heart disease characteristics, GeekWire reports.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 15, 2017 ” Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has utilized a data visualization platform from the Department of Homeland Security to sequence mosquito DNA as part of efforts to ...