Researchers at the Cornell University Nanobiotechnology Center are combining RT-PCR with a nanofluidics-based system for separation and identification of genetic material from different organisms.
And Jonas Salk's Epoch A sounds quite familiar in the reports about deciphering the human genome and identification of genetic basis to disease and ailments.
Ms Morgan said that following the identification of two key genes in the last decade (BRCA1 and BRCA2) genetic testing could now pinpoint whether a woman may be at high risk of developing breast cancer.