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Posted on Jan 07, 2005, 4 a.m.
By Bill Freeman
Imagine that the bricks used to build a house cost $1,000 each--building a home would be cost prohibitive. Similarly, the bricks to build living organisms--genes and genetic assemblies--can cost thousands of dollars to make in the lab, which is also cost prohibitive. But now, scientists have developed a way to make the materials for genes on a microchip in mass quantities, for a fraction of the current cost.
Imagine that the bricks used to build a house cost $1,000 each--building a home would be cost prohibitive. Similarly, the bricks to build living organisms--genes and genetic assemblies--can cost thousands of dollars to make in the lab, which is also cost prohibitive. But now, scientists have developed a way to make the materials for genes on a microchip in mass quantities, for a fraction of the current cost.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/01/050106104919.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/01/050106104919.htm
