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
