For molecular diagnostic tests Beckman Coulter has developed a nucleic-acid- sample detection instrument that separates fluorescent-dye-labeled DNA fragments for pattern recognition or further identification.

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Then there were other types of things: facial recognition, height, the preliminary DNA analysis, so there was an incremental buildup.

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It will also aid efforts by the government and the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association to identify the bodies of the deceased, many of which will require DNA testing because they have been crushed beyond recognition, she said.

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To a computer, pattern recognition is pattern recognition, whether on a string of DNA or a customer database.

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