"My guess is that thewindow for DNA computing willclose fairly soon, " says Bernard Yurke , a researcher at Lucent's (nyse: LU - news - people) Bell Labs, who built a DNA adding machine.
"It is probably likely to be deferred until after theclose of thewindow, when also people have got some hopes that the financial chaos will have settled down a little, " he told BBC Radio 5 Live's Sportsweek.