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This Revolutionary DNA Extractor Cracks Your Genetics In Minutes
Pulling DNA from the cell that surrounds it may be a vital process to modern genomics, but it’s also a cumbersome and time-consuming pain in the arse, “like collecting human hairs using a construction crane,” as Jae-Hyun Chung, UW associate professor of mechanical engineering, puts it. Not anymore, though. His handheld device will suck DNA straight from your bodily fluids in a matter of minutes.
Sequence Your DNA In An Hour On This Tiny Chip
Diagnosing genetic disorders and devising personalised therapies just got a lot easier, or at least quicker. Panasonic and Belgian research lab IMEC have created a small chip that tests DNA in under an hour.
DNA Is The Linux Of The Natural World
We probably all vaguely assume that computers will overthrow us someday, which may be why it’s so unsettling to learn that computer code is evolving much like genetic code. By comparing bacterial genomes to Linux, researchers have found “survival of the fittest” acting in computer programming.
DNA Finally Gets A Beautiful Explainer Befitting Its Mystifying Elegance
If you’ve made your way through high school biology, you’re probably familiar with the basics of DNA. It’s the blueprint for your being, man.
Someone Out There Is 3D-Printing Faces With Discarded DNA Scraps
It’s probably not something you think about a lot, but we all leave pieces of ourselves everywhere we go. Flakes of skin here, a renegade hair there, the occasional loogie, they all leave some of your DNA behind. And while it normally goes untouched, someone could use it to say, 3D-print an approximation of your face.
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