On November 14, 2015 8:43:49 AM Georgi Guninski <[email protected]> wrote:
On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 10:20:04AM -0500, [email protected] wrote: > http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-ear-made-with-van-gogh-dna-1= > 80957230/?no-ist > .... Using DNA extracted from a stamp > licked by the artist, as well as cell samples collected from van > Gogh's great-great-grandnephew, Strebe and team created "Sugababe," > an artificially grown ear suspended in a clear gel. > Definitely don't believe usable human DNA on a stamp can survive over 120 years unless very carefully preserved since the beginning.
Every time I see someone lick an envelope, I tease them for contributing to the global DNA database. Maybe the joke isn't that funny anymore.
-S
