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Rapid, Low-Cost DNA Testing

University of Rochester Professor Lewis Rothberg received a NYSTAR grant to continue working on a recent discovery by his group: how to rapidly test DNA to improve our health and make sure we're drinking clean water and eating uncontaminated food. Rothberg's new method can help forensics labs identify criminals, test water, and identify harmful genetic sequences in medical research. Rothberg's innovative procedure quickly and inexpensively identifies genetic sequences in any sample of DNA.

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