From: sonny@netcom.com (James Hicks)
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 94 18:56:27 PDT
To: pfarrell@netcom.com
Subject: Re: DNA
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> 
> This issue came up at the CFP-2 conference (Computers Freedom and Privacy,
> March 92 edition). There were speakers there claiming that the audience,
> when getting up from their chairs, would leave sufficient hair, skin
> flakes, sweat, etc. behind that DNA mapping would be easy. Of course, this
> mapping would be without the "suspect" having any knowledge of when the map
> material was gathered.
> 
> I don't know if this was factual then, but no one rose up to claim that the
> speaker was in error, and there were lots of folks in the audience that
> could have challenged it. None did.
> 

"Single Cell" polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is being done in the lab now.
Theoretically all you need is one cell and you can amplify any DNA
sequence from the genome that you want.

[...]
> Pat
> 
> Pat Farrell      Grad Student                 pfarrell@cs.gmu.edu
> Department of Computer Science    George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
> Public key availble via finger          #include <standard.disclaimer>
> 


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