Digitizing humanity

Abstract

The application of ex vivo synthetic DNA as a high capacity information storage medium is well documented. Herein, we consider the potential for synthetic DNA to be incorporated as part of the human genome; providing a definitive, accessible, in vivo database of patient history.

Keywords: :

• synthetic DNA
• diagnostics
• information
• storage
• identification

Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest

No potential conflicts of interest were disclosed.

Acknowledgments

RDS is and ESCMID Research Fellow and Coordinator of the EU FP7 IAPP Grant ClouDx-i. AOD is a ClouDx-i PI.