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DNA Computer Detects, Treats Disease

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the saving-test-tubes-lives dept.

Arthur Dent '99 writes "According to this article at Reuters, Israeli scientists at the Weizmann Institute have developed a DNA computer which can automatically detect and treat prostate cancer and a form of lung cancer in laboratory experiments. Theoretically, a person could be injected with this computer, and it would detect and treat any diseased cells at the earliest stages of development, perhaps preventing the disease altogether."

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  1. I need this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    fr1st ps0t dammit!!!...

  2. Re:OK, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    only after you pay the 699 and hack your way through the DRM

  3. Re:OK, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    OMG!! I wish I had mod points left!!.. For once this joke is funny.. :) .. kudos..

  4. Re:Ouch! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Let it loose in Iraq, Syria, Iran, or any other arab country and watch it detect and destroy the muslim cancer.

  5. Meanwhile over in Palestine by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    One question, what have the Palestinians or the Arabs invented lately? Meanwhile Israel, a country slightly smaller than New Jersey is contributing scientific advancements in many different fields.

  6. misread by mastergoon · · Score: 0, Troll

    Somehow I read this as DNA Computer Defects [...]