The effort, echoing "Jurassic Park", won't bring back dinosaurs -- their DNA didn't survive the tens of millions of years since they disappeared -- but aims to " de-extinct" such species as the passenger pigeon, declared extinct in 1914.
Most scientists still don't have access to DNA-decoding technology.
Lichtman's most recent expos is of an o-t-c Bulletin Board company called DNA Medical Technologies, of Hiawatha, Iowa.
But even more recently, chemist Vicky Colvin at Rice University showed that, while Fullerenes kill human liver and skin cells, they don't damage DNA and are non-carcinogenic.
Traditionally, of course, scientists couldn't take a yardstick to the DNA-containing chromosomes contained in human cells and measure the distance between genes.
But in test-tube experiments the mock DNA couldn't pierce the membrane of human cells.
DNA, though, offers a key advantage over the other nature-inspired methods: Since DNA isn't a living thing, it can sit passively in a test tube where it is less subject to biological changes.
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This brief bit of background was added to emphasize one important thing: HTC isn't slacking off with the Droid DNA. Everything about the phone -- straight down to the Ferrari-inspired edges -- screams luxury and ensures a comfortable experience.
Heart isn't assured in a first-rounder, and it may run thick in the DNA of an undrafted journeyman.
DNA, Ms. Dewey-Hagborg concedes, can't tell her specifically how prominent someone's chin might be or how large the nose.
The same folks who were concerned about the Galaxy Note II's behemoth size will also have identical reservations for the 5-inch DNA at first, but this particular device isn't looking to compete in the same genre.
The drug industry is undergoing a major shift, as players like Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ) and Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ) that have been around for a hundred years are giving ground to biotech players like Amgen (nasdaq: AMGN - news - people ) and Genentech (nyse: DNA - news - people ) that weren't around 30 years ago.
If ImClone Systems ' (nasdaq: IMCL - news - people ) Erbitux failed a clinical trial, other monoclonal antibodies, such as Genentech 's (nyse: DNA - news - people ) Rituxan, wouldn't be thrown out.
"The advancements that they have on this DNA technology, with all this going on, why can't someone re-open it, to look into it and see if there is something that can be done, " Gregory said.
The codons were written in a four-letter alphabet, A, C, G, T, that abbreviated the names of the chemicals of which DNA is made.
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