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Bacteria become “genomic tape recorders”

posted November 14, 2014 at 12:55 pm

Illustration: Christine Daniloff/MIT

Engineered E. coli can store long-term memories of chemical exposure, other events in their DNA. « more »

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Bacteria become “genomic tape recorders” (MIT News)

Genomically encoded analog memory with precise in vivo DNA writing in living cell populations (Science)

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