DNA Sequencing Caught in Deluge of Data

DNA sequencing is becoming faster and cheaper, outrunning the ability to store, transmit and analyse the data. This article introduced how current scientists determine DNA sequencing, which reduced the cost in the recent years. However, The amount stored has more than tripled just since the beginning of the year (2011), reaching 300 trillion DNA bases and taking up nearly 700 trillion bytes of computer memory. Due to budget constrain, scientists are still looking for more clever ways to analyse their data.