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Article: CD players could scan DNA, proteins.
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- United Press International
- Article date:
- September 9, 2003
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NEW YORK, Sep 09, 2003 (United Press International via COMTEX)
The CD drive and inkjet printer plugged into your personal computer someday could help produce cheap genetic tests and scan for individual molecules, researchers have discovered.
"There is a huge number of things we can test for -- the presence or absence of DNA, or infectious diseases," researcher Michael Burkart, a biological chemist at the University of California, San Diego, told United Press International. "We've been contacted by Third World countries who think it would be a perfect system to look for AIDS who don't ordinarily have money available to do so," he said.
"Another ...