'As our digital data continues to expand exponentially, we need new methods for long-term, secure data storage,' explained Doug Carmean, a partner architect within Microsoft's Technology and Research organisation.
Researchers will transfer the 1s and 0s of binary code into the four bases of DNA - A, C, T and G - transferring the data from the digital to the biological.
Microsoft and University of Washington researchers will work to translate a volume of binary code to a corresponding DNA, with Twist Bioscience then making strands of synthetic DNA according to the sequences.
'They give us the DNA sequence, we make the DNA from scratch,' Dr Emily Leproust, CEO of Twist Bioscience, told IEEE Spectrum.
Last year, researchers in Slovenia conducted a proof of concept study, to store data in the DNA of a plant. They transferred the '1's and '0's of binary into the four bases of DNA: A, G, T and C.
A was 00; C was 10; G was 01; and T was 11.
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