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Chip uses less DNA and decodes quicker

A new microchip can accelerate DNA fingerprinting a hundredfold while using only a millionth as much genetic material as conventional methods do.

References:

Chou, H.-P. . . . and S. Quake. 1999. A microfabricated device for sizing and sorting DNA molecules. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 96(Jan. 5):11.

Sources:

Stephen R. Quake
California Institute of Technology
Department of Applied Physics
Pasadena, CA 91125

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 7, February 13, 1999, p. 110. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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