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Briefcase Sized DNA Analysis System

An anonymous reader writes "Japan's NEC Corporation along with Aida Engineering have developed a briefcase-sized DNA analysis system that enables the police to perform comprehensive DNA testing at crime scenes in as little as 25 minutes. The same test... ...full story at slashdot

from slashdot on Thu, Sep 27 2007

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