Faster DNA Testing

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday November 22, 2005 @12:29AM from the sorry-sir-i-need-to-stick-you-again dept.

tkjtkj writes "Physorg.com is reporting that a Rochester,NY, company, 'Thermal Gradients, Inc' has produced a new method of DNA analysis that can reduce the required time from hours to minutes that the usual 'Polymerase Chain Reacion' (PCR) takes to produce the large quantity of sample DNA needed to identify the donor. This could,conceivably, make "Instant DNA Identification" a reality! Will air travel now require one to arrive at the airport 5 minutes earlier than usual, to provide a skin-swab sample before boarding the plane?"

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you forgot French by digitaldc · 2005-11-22 02:18 · Score: 0, Offtopic

and Insurgent

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Yes by paranode · 2005-11-22 02:31 · Score: 0, Offtopic

And that's when it's time to call Jude Law.
Re:Only 5 minutes?? by FarHat · 2005-11-22 17:03 · Score: 0, Offtopic

What if its a woman? What if she has 5 types of semen inside her?

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