New Code Tracks Genes, Not
New Code Tracks Genes, Not Jeans
Researchers on Friday unveiled a potentially important tool that could lead to better medicine and also help combat biowarfare. It's based on the same idea that in 1973 brought about the UPC bar code -- which created a standard code system that, can be affixed to every product and distinguishes it from every other product in the marketplace. These new Nanobarcodes, however, will not be found on beer cans or cereal boxes. Rather, their inventory keeping is done at the molecular and cellular level.