Emerging applications for DNA writers and molecular recorders

Programmable editing of a target base in genomic DNA without double-stranded DNA cleavage

Komor, A. C., Kim, Y. B., Packer, M. S., Zuris, J. A., & Liu, D. R. (2016) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature17946 · Cited by 5,437 · see citing works

The embryonic cell lineage of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

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Programmable base editing of A•T to G•C in genomic DNA without DNA cleavage

Gaudelli, N. M., Komor, A. C., Rees, H. A., Packer, M. S., Badran, A. H., Bryson, D. I., & Liu, D. R. (2017) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature24644 · Cited by 4,184 · see citing works

Transgenic strategies for combinatorial expression of fluorescent proteins in the nervous system

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Evolved Cas9 variants with broad PAM compatibility and high DNA specificity

Hu, J. H., Miller, S. M., Geurts, M. H., Tang, W., Chen, L., Sun, N., Zeina, C. M., Gao, X., Rees, H. A., Lin, Z., et al. (2018) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature26155 · Cited by 1,552 · see citing works

Next-Generation Digital Information Storage in DNA

Church, G. M., Gao, Y., & Kosuri, S. (2012) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1226355 · Cited by 1,441 · see citing works

Whole-organism lineage tracing by combinatorial and cumulative genome editing

McKenna, A., Findlay, G. M., Gagnon, J. A., Horwitz, M. S., Schier, A. F., & Shendure, J. (2016) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.aaf7907 · Cited by 766 · see citing works

Lineage Tracing

Kretzschmar, K., & Watt, F. M. (2012) · Cell · doi:10.1016/j.cell.2012.01.002 · Cited by 719 · see citing works

Synthetic circuits integrating logic and memory in living cells

Siuti, P., Yazbek, J., & Lu, T. K. (2013) · Nature Biotechnology · doi:10.1038/nbt.2510 · Cited by 531 · see citing works

Amplifying Genetic Logic Gates

Bonnet, J., Yin, P., Ortiz, M. E., Subsoontorn, P., & Endy, D. (2013) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1232758 · Cited by 505 · see citing works

Synthetic recording and in situ readout of lineage information in single cells

Frieda, K. L., Linton, J. M., Hormoz, S., Choi, J., Chow, K.-H. K., Singer, Z. S., Budde, M. W., Elowitz, M. B., & Cai, L. (2017) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature20777 · Cited by 440 · see citing works

CRISPR-Cas Encoding of a Digital Movie into the Genomes of a Population of Living Bacteria

Shipman, S. L., Nivala, J., Macklis, J. D., & Church, G. M. (2017) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature23017 · Cited by 361 · see citing works

Tunable and Multifunctional Eukaryotic Transcription Factors Based on CRISPR/Cas

Farzadfard, F., Perli, S. D., & Lu, T. K. (2013) · ACS Synthetic Biology · doi:10.1021/sb400081r · Cited by 349 · see citing works

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

Farzadfard, F., & Lu, T. K. (2014) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1256272 · Cited by 298 · see citing works

Large-scale design of robust genetic circuits with multiple inputs and outputs for mammalian cells

Weinberg, B. H., Pham, N. T. H., Galva, L. D. C., Lozanoski, T. M., Engel, A., Bhatia, S. P., & Wong, W. W. (2017) · Nature Biotechnology · doi:10.1038/nbt.3805 · Cited by 265 · see citing works

Rewritable multi-event analog recording in bacterial and mammalian cells

Tang, W., & Liu, D. R. (2018) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.aap8992 · Cited by 252 · see citing works

Synthetic recombinase-based state machines in living cells

Roquet, N., Soleimany, A. P., Ferris, A. C., Aaronson, S., & Lu, T. K. (2016) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.aad8559 · Cited by 245 · see citing works

Molecular recordings by directed CRISPR spacer acquisition

Shipman, S. L., Nivala, J., Macklis, J. D., & Church, G. M. (2016) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.aaf1175 · Cited by 243 · see citing works

Continuous genetic recording with self-targeting CRISPR-Cas in human cells

Perli, S. D., Cui, C. H., & Lu, T. K. (2016) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.aag0511 · Cited by 231 · see citing works

Rapidly evolving homing CRISPR barcodes

Kalhor, R., Mali, P., & Church, G. M. (2016) · Nature Methods · doi:10.1038/nmeth.4108 · Cited by 199 · see citing works

Multiplex recording of cellular events over time on CRISPR biological tape

Sheth, R. U., Yim, S. S., Wu, F. L., & Wang, H. H. (2017) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.aao0958 · Cited by 195 · see citing works

Tuning the dynamic range of bacterial promoters regulated by ligand-inducible transcription factors

Chen, Y., Ho, J. M. L., Shis, D. L., Gupta, C., Long, J., Wagner, D. S., Ott, W., Josić́, K., & Bennett, M. R. (2017) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02473-5 · Cited by 175 · see citing works

A new era for functional labeling of neurons: activity-dependent promoters have come of age

Kawashima, T., Okuno, H., & Bito, H. (2014) · Frontiers in Neural Circuits · doi:10.3389/fncir.2014.00037 · Cited by 165 · see citing works

Single-Nucleotide-Resolution Computing and Memory in Living Cells

Farzadfard, F., Gharaei, N., Higashikuni, Y., Jung, G., Cao, J., & Lu, T. K. (2019) · Molecular Cell · doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2019.07.011 · Cited by 122 · see citing works

Sequencing the Connectome

Zador, A. M., Dubnau, J., Oyibo, H. K., Zhan, H., Cao, G., & Peikon, I. D. (2012) · PLoS Biology · doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001411 · Cited by 105 · see citing works

Quantitative Analysis of Synthetic Cell Lineage Tracing Using Nuclease Barcoding

Schmidt, S., Zimmerman, S. M., Wang, J., Kim, S. K., & Quake, S. R. (2017) · ACS Synthetic Biology · doi:10.1021/acssynbio.6b00309 · Cited by 90 · see citing works

Of Toasters and Molecular Ticker Tapes

Kording, K. P. (2011) · PLoS Computational Biology · doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002291 · Cited by 30 · see citing works

Marionette: E. coli containing 12 highly-optimized small molecule sensorsPreprint

Meyer, A. J., Segall-Shapiro, T. H., & Voigt, C. A. (2018) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/285866 · Cited by 12 · see citing works

Base editing: precision chemistry on the genome and transcriptome of living cells

Rees, H. A., & Liu, D. R. (2018) · Nature Reviews Genetics · doi:10.1038/s41576-018-0059-1 · Cited by 1,675 · see citing works

CRISPR/Cas Systems towards Next-Generation Biosensing

Li, Y., Li, S., Wang, J., & Liu, G. (2019) · Trends in biotechnology · doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2018.12.005 · Cited by 915 · see citing works

Past, present, and future of CRISPR genome editing technologies

Pacesa, M., Pelea, O., & Jinek, M. (2024) · Cell · doi:10.1016/j.cell.2024.01.042 · Cited by 609 · see citing works

The CRISPR-Cas toolbox and gene editing technologies

Liu, G., Lin, Q., Jin, S., & Gao, C. (2021) · Molecular Cell · doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2021.12.002 · Cited by 410 · see citing works

Materials design by synthetic biology

Tang, T., An, B., Huang, Y., Vasikaran, S., Wang, Y., Jiang, X., Lu, T. K., & Zhong, C. (2020) · Nature Reviews Materials · doi:10.1038/s41578-020-00265-w · Cited by 403 · see citing works

CRISPR/Cas-Mediated Base Editing: Technical Considerations and Practical Applications

Molla, K. A., & Yang, Y. (2019) · Trends in biotechnology · doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2019.03.008 · Cited by 336 · see citing works

Multiplexed genome engineering by Cas12a and CRISPR arrays encoded on single transcripts

Campa, C. C., Weisbach, N. R., Santinha, A. J., Incarnato, D., & Platt, R. J. (2019) · Nature Methods · doi:10.1038/s41592-019-0508-6 · Cited by 284 · see citing works

DNA storage: research landscape and future prospects

Dong, Y., Sun, F., Ping, Z., Ouyang, Q., & Qian, L. (2020) · National Science Review · doi:10.1093/nsr/nwaa007 · Cited by 224 · see citing works

Biomarker-responsive engineered probiotic diagnoses, records, and ameliorates inflammatory bowel disease in mice

Zou, Z., Du, Y., Fang, T.-T., Zhou, Y. Q., & Ye, B. (2022) · Cell Host & Microbe · doi:10.1016/j.chom.2022.12.004 · Cited by 161 · see citing works

Random access DNA memory using Boolean search in an archival file storage system

Banal, J. L., Shepherd, T. R., Berleant, J., Huang, H., Reyes, M., Ackerman, C. M., Blainey, P. C., & Bathe, M. (2021) · Nature Materials · doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01021-3 · Cited by 143 · see citing works

Synthetic genetic circuits for programmable biological functionalities

Xia, P., Ling, H., Foo, J. L., & Chang, M. W. (2019) · Biotechnology Advances · doi:10.1016/j.biotechadv.2019.04.015 · Cited by 129 · see citing works

Single-Nucleotide-Resolution Computing and Memory in Living Cells

Farzadfard, F., Gharaei, N., Higashikuni, Y., Jung, G., Cao, J., & Lu, T. K. (2019) · Molecular Cell · doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2019.07.011 · Cited by 122 · see citing works

A reference cell tree will serve science better than a reference cell atlas

Domcke, S., & Shendure, J. (2023) · Cell · doi:10.1016/j.cell.2023.02.016 · Cited by 110 · see citing works

Efficient, continuous mutagenesis in human cells using a pseudo-random DNA editor

Chen, H., Liu, S., Padula, S., Lesman, D., Griswold, K., Lin, A. Z., Zhao, T., Marshall, J. L., & Chen, F. (2019) · Nature Biotechnology · doi:10.1038/s41587-019-0331-8 · Cited by 107 · see citing works

Engineering Escherichia coli lifespan for enhancing chemical production

Guo, L., Diao, W., Gao, C., Hu, G., Ding, Q., Ye, C., Chen, X., Liu, J., & Liu, L. (2020) · Nature Catalysis · doi:10.1038/s41929-019-0411-7 · Cited by 96 · see citing works

Stimuli-responsive DNA-based hydrogels for biosensing applications

Chen, M., Wang, Y., Zhang, J., Peng, Y. Y., Li, S., Han, D., Ren, S., Qin, K., Li, S., & Gao, Z. (2022) · Journal of Nanobiotechnology · doi:10.1186/s12951-022-01242-x · Cited by 96 · see citing works

Transforming ecology and conservation biology through genome editing

Phelps, M., Seeb, L. W., & Seeb, J. E. (2019) · Conservation Biology · doi:10.1111/cobi.13292 · Cited by 92 · see citing works

In situ readout of DNA barcodes and single base edits facilitated by in vitro transcription

Askary, A., Sánchez-Guardado, L. Ó., Linton, J. M., Chadly, D. M., Budde, M. W., Cai, L., Lois, C., & Elowitz, M. B. (2019) · Nature Biotechnology · doi:10.1038/s41587-019-0299-4 · Cited by 85 · see citing works

Noninvasive assessment of gut function using transcriptional recording sentinel cells

Schmidt, F., Zimmermann, J., Tanna, T., Farouni, R., Conway, T., Macpherson, A. J., & Platt, R. J. (2022) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.abm6038 · Cited by 92 · see citing works

Robust direct digital-to-biological data storage in living cells.

Yim, S. S., McBee, R. M., Song, A. M., Huang, Y., Sheth, R. U., & Wang, H. H. (2021) · Nature Chemical Biology · doi:10.1038/s41589-020-00711-4 · Cited by 83 · see citing works

Precise genome-editing in human diseases: mechanisms, strategies and applications

Zheng, Y., Li, Y., Zhou, K., Li, T., VanDusen, N. J., & Hua, Y. (2024) · Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy · doi:10.1038/s41392-024-01750-2 · Cited by 80 · see citing works

Nucleic Acid Databases and Molecular-Scale Computing

Song, X., & Reif, J. (2019) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.9b02562 · Cited by 73 · see citing works

Microbial Base Editing: A Powerful Emerging Technology for Microbial Genome Engineering

Wang, Y., Liu, Y., Zheng, P., Sun, J., & Wang, M. (2020) · Trends in biotechnology · doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.06.010 · Cited by 70 · see citing works

Futuristic CRISPR-based biosensing in the cloud and internet of things era: an overview

Ibrahim, A. U., Al-Turjman, F. M., Sa’id, Z., & Özsöz, M. (2020) · Multimedia Tools and Applications · doi:10.1007/s11042-020-09010-5 · Cited by 65 · see citing works

Microbes as Biosensors

Inda, M. E., & Lu, T. K. (2020) · Annual Review of Microbiology · doi:10.1146/annurev-micro-022620-081059 · Cited by 62 · see citing works

Developing a population-state decision system for intelligently reprogramming extracellular electron transfer in Shewanella oneidensis

Li, F., Tang, Q., Fan, Y.-Y., Li, Y., Li, J., Wu, J., Luo, C.-F., Sun, H., Li, W., & Yu, H. (2020) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2006534117 · Cited by 57 · see citing works

CRISPR base editing and prime editing: DSB and template-free editing systems for bacteria and plants

Abdullah, A., Jiang, Z., Hong, X., Zhang, S., Yao, R., & Xiao, Y. (2020) · Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology · doi:10.1016/j.synbio.2020.08.003 · Cited by 51 · see citing works

Increasing eDNA capabilities with CRISPR technology for real‐time monitoring of ecosystem biodiversity

Phelps, M. (2019) · Molecular Ecology Resources · doi:10.1111/1755-0998.13084 · Cited by 50 · see citing works

Multifunctional Au–Ag–Cr Nanocomposites: From Multiplex Sensing and Advanced Logic Computing to Scalable Information Protection

Zhou, J., Lu, J., Xie, Z. X., Wang, D. H., He, B. S., & Huang, W. T. (2025) · Research · doi:10.34133/research.0763 · Cited by 49 · see citing works

Overcoming the challenges of cancer drug resistance through bacterial‐mediated therapy

Zargar, A., Chang, S., Kothari, A., Snijders, A. M., Mao, J., Wang, J. C., Hernández, A. C., Keasling, J. D., & Bivona, T. G. (2019) · Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.cdtm.2019.11.001 · Cited by 45 · see citing works

Novel Modalities in DNA Data Storage

Lim, C. K., Nirantar, S., Yew, W. S., & Poh, C. L. (2021) · Trends in biotechnology · doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.12.008 · Cited by 44 · see citing works

An outlook on the current challenges and opportunities in DNA data storage

Raza, M. H., Desai, S. S., Aravamudhan, S., & Zadegan, R. M. (2023) · Biotechnology Advances · doi:10.1016/j.biotechadv.2023.108155 · Cited by 40 · see citing works

Recording of cellular physiological histories along optically readable self-assembling protein chains

Linghu, C., An, B., Shpokayte, M., Celiker, O. T., Shmoel, N., Zhang, R., Zhang, C., Park, D., Park, W. M., Ramirez, S., et al. (2023) · Nature Biotechnology · doi:10.1038/s41587-022-01586-7 · Cited by 40 · see citing works

Efficient retroelement-mediated DNA writing in bacteria

Farzadfard, F., Gharaei, N., Citorik, R. J., & Lu, T. K. (2021) · Cell Systems · doi:10.1016/j.cels.2021.07.001 · Cited by 39 · see citing works

Recording of elapsed time and temporal information about biological events using Cas9

Park, J., Lim, J. M., Jung, I., Heo, S., Park, J., Chang, Y. J., Kim, H. K., Jung, D., Yu, J. H., Min, S., et al. (2021) · Cell · doi:10.1016/j.cell.2021.01.014 · Cited by 39 · see citing works

Digital data storage on DNA tape using CRISPR base editors

Sadremomtaz, A., Glass, R. F., Guerrero, J. E., LaJeunesse, D., Josephs, E. A., & Zadegan, R. M. (2023) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-023-42223-4 · Cited by 35 · see citing works

Rational programming of history-dependent logic in cellular populations

Zúñiga, A., Guiziou, S., Mayonove, P., Meriem, Z. B., Rufino, M. C., Moreau, V., Ciandrini, L., Hersen, P., & Bonnet, J. (2020) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18455-z · Cited by 31 · see citing works

Peptide-Based Sensing, Logic Computing, and Information Security on the Antimonene Platform

Bu, Z. Q., Yao, Q. F., Liu, Q. Y., Quan, M. X., Lu, J., & Huang, W. T. (2022) · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · doi:10.1021/acsami.1c23814 · Cited by 32 · see citing works

Decoding the microbiome: advances in genetic manipulation for gut bacteria

Chen, Z., Jin, W., Hoover, A., Chao, Y., & Ma, Y. (2023) · Trends in Microbiology · doi:10.1016/j.tim.2023.05.007 · Cited by 31 · see citing works

Bone marrow chimeras—a vital tool in basic and translational research

Ferreira, F. M., Palle, P., Berg, J. V., Prajwal, P., Laman, J. D., & Buch, T. (2019) · Journal of Molecular Medicine · doi:10.1007/s00109-019-01783-z · Cited by 31 · see citing works

Recording transcriptional histories using Record-seq

Tanna, T., Schmidt, F., Cherepkova, M. Y., Okoniewski, M. J., & Platt, R. J. (2020) · Nature Protocols · doi:10.1038/s41596-019-0253-4 · Cited by 29 · see citing works

The role of NAD and NAD precursors on longevity and lifespan modulation in the budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Odoh, C. K., Guo, X., Arnone, J. T., Wang, X., & Zhao, Z. K. (2022) · Biogerontology · doi:10.1007/s10522-022-09958-x · Cited by 29 · see citing works

Scalable biological signal recording in mammalian cells using Cas12a base editors

Kempton, H. R., Love, K. S., Guo, L. Y., & Qi, L. S. (2022) · Nature Chemical Biology · doi:10.1038/s41589-022-01034-2 · Cited by 29 · see citing works

Visualization of individual cell division history in complex tissues using iCOUNT

Denoth‐Lippuner, A., Jaeger, B. N., Liang, T., Royall, L. N., Chie, S. E., Buthey, K., Machado, D., Korobeynyk, V. I., Kruse, M., Munz, C. M., et al. (2021) · Cell stem cell · doi:10.1016/j.stem.2021.08.012 · Cited by 27 · see citing works

A brief review on DNA storage, compression, and digitalization

Cevallos, Y., Nakano, T., Tello-Oquendo, L., Rushdi, A. A., Inca, D., Santillán, I., Shirazi, A. Z., & Samaniego, N. (2021) · Nano Communication Networks · doi:10.1016/j.nancom.2021.100391 · Cited by 29 · see citing works

Beyond 25 years of biomedical innovation in nano-bioelectronics

Li, P., Kim, S., & Tian, B. (2024) · Device · doi:10.1016/j.device.2024.100401 · Cited by 27 · see citing works

A DNA circuit that records molecular events

Zhang, M., Yancey, C., Zhang, C., Wang, J., Ma, Q., Yang, L., Schulman, R., Han, D., & Tan, W. (2024) · Science Advances · doi:10.1126/sciadv.adn3329 · Cited by 25 · see citing works

Orthogonal CRISPR-Cas tools for genome editing, inhibition, and CRISPR recording in zebrafish embryos

Takasugi, P., Wang, S., Truong, K. T., Drage, E. P., Kanishka, S. N., Higbee, M. A., Bamidele, N., Ojelabi, O., Sontheimer, E. J., & Gagnon, J. A. (2021) · Genetics · doi:10.1093/genetics/iyab196 · Cited by 21 · see citing works

Computationally designed hyperactive Cas9 enzymes

Vos, P. D., Rossetti, G., Mantegna, J. L., Siira, S. J., Gandadireja, A. P., Bruce, M., Raven, S. A., Khersonsky, O., Fleishman, S. J., Filipovska, A., et al. (2022) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30598-9 · Cited by 22 · see citing works

Addressable and adaptable intercellular communication via DNA messaging

Marken, J. P., & Murray, R. M. (2023) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37788-z · Cited by 21 · see citing works

Multifunctional Carbon Nanocomposites as Nanoneurons from Multimode and Multianalyte Sensing to Molecular Logic Computing, Steganography, and Cryptography

Yao, Q. F., Quan, M. X., Yang, J. H., Liu, Q. Y., Bu, Z. Q., & Huang, W. T. (2021) · Small · doi:10.1002/smll.202103983 · Cited by 20 · see citing works

CRISPR for neuroscientists

Kalamakis, G., & Platt, R. J. (2023) · Neuron · doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2023.04.021 · Cited by 21 · see citing works

How stem cells remember their past

Royall, L. N., & Jessberger, S. (2021) · Current Opinion in Cell Biology · doi:10.1016/j.ceb.2020.12.008 · Cited by 15 · see citing works

Long-Term Rewritable Report and Recording of Environmental Stimuli in Engineered Bacterial Populations

Zou, Z., & Ye, B. (2020) · ACS Synthetic Biology · doi:10.1021/acssynbio.0c00193 · Cited by 15 · see citing works

Detection of Marker-Free Precision Genome Editing and Genetic Variation through the Capture of Genomic Signatures

Billon, P., Nambiar, T. S., Hayward, S. B., Zafra, M. P., Schatoff, E. M., Oshima, K., Dunbar, A. J., Breinig, M., Park, Y. C., Ryu, H.-S., et al. (2020) · Cell Reports · doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2020.02.068 · Cited by 14 · see citing works

In vivo CRISPR biosensing

Li, Y., Zhao, W. H., Wu, Y., Li, R., Zhang, J., Xie, H., Zhang, K., & Li, J. (2025) · Chemical Society Reviews · doi:10.1039/d5cs00921a · Cited by 15 · see citing works

Engineered Living Memory Microspheroid‐Based Archival File System for Random Accessible In Vivo DNA Storage

Luo, H., Huang, W. L., He, Z., Fang, Y., Tian, Y., & Xiong, Z. (2025) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.202415358 · Cited by 12 · see citing works

Molecular recording using DNA Typewriter

Liao, H., Choi, J., & Shendure, J. (2024) · Nature Protocols · doi:10.1038/s41596-024-01003-0 · Cited by 12 · see citing works

Liquid crystal–guided DNA information storage: Nondestructive recovery and long-term preservation

Zhang, Y., Liu, Y., Miao, L., Zhu, H., Ren, Y., Zhao, K., Wan, S., Liu, Y., Yang, Y., Lü, C., et al. (2025) · Science Advances · doi:10.1126/sciadv.adu3957 · Cited by 11 · see citing works

Innovation in culture systems to study muscle complexity

Moyle, L. A., Davoudi, S., & Gilbert, P. M. (2021) · Experimental Cell Research · doi:10.1016/j.yexcr.2021.112966 · Cited by 11 · see citing works

Reinforcement learning in synthetic gene circuits

Racovita, A., & Jaramillo, A. (2020) · Biochemical Society Transactions · doi:10.1042/bst20200008 · Cited by 11 · see citing works

Dynamic control of the distribution of carbon flux between cell growth and butyrate biosynthesis in Escherichia coli

Guo, L., Lü, J., Gao, C., Zhang, L., Liu, L., & Chen, X. (2021) · Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology · doi:10.1007/s00253-021-11385-w · Cited by 10 · see citing works

Molecular ‘email’: Electrochemical aptasensing of fish pathogens, molecular information encoding, encryption and hiding applications

Lu, J., Jiang, Q., Lei, J. J., He, Y. X., & Huang, W. T. (2022) · Analytica Chimica Acta · doi:10.1016/j.aca.2022.340483 · Cited by 10 · see citing works

Gene Editing: An Effective Tool for the Future Treatment of Kidney Disease

Cao, M., Han, R.-Y., Chen, S.-D., Zhao, D., Shi, M., Zou, J.-H., Li, L., & Jiang, H.-K. (2025) · Journal of Inflammation Research · doi:10.2147/jir.s506760 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

Current and emerging opportunities in biological medium‐based computing and digital data storage

Bennet, D., Vo‐Dinh, T., & Zenhausern, F. (2021) · Nano Select · doi:10.1002/nano.202100275 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

Magnetic control of self-assembly and disassembly in organic materials

Jung, Y., Kim, H., Cheong, H., & Lim, Y. (2023) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-023-38846-2 · Cited by 10 · see citing works

DNA storage in everyday objects

Farzadfard, F. (2019) · Nature Biotechnology · doi:10.1038/s41587-019-0376-8 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

One-step data storage in cellular DNA

Bhattarai-Kline, S., Lear, S. K., & Shipman, S. L. (2021) · Nature Chemical Biology · doi:10.1038/s41589-021-00737-2 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

Recording of cellular physiological histories along optically readable self-assembling protein chainsPreprint

Linghu, C., An, B., Shpokayte, M., Celiker, O. T., Shmoel, N., Zhang, C., Park, W. M., Ramirez, S., & Boyden, E. S. (2021) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2021.10.13.464006 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

Methods for measuring the evolutionary stability of engineered genomes to improve their longevity

Nuismer, S. L., Layman, N. C., REDWOOD, A. J., Chan, B., & Bull, J. J. (2021) · Synthetic Biology · doi:10.1093/synbio/ysab018 · Cited by 8 · see citing works

Molecular circuits for genomic recording of cellular events

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