Genetic Bar Codes

The quick, cheap way to identify—and diagnose—people using their genomes.

By Eva Gladek
Nov 14, 2006 6:00 AMNov 12, 2019 6:00 AM

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There may be no invention more important to the smooth functioning of consumer commerce than the bar code, that pattern of skinny lines that turns a simple cash register into an impressive data-gathering device. Now, University of Wisconsin genome researcher David Schwartz hopes that DNA bar codes will be a similar shortcut for getting information about our health.

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