The Scientist : Fighting Fraud With DNA [21/6/2004]

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by Bennett Daviss

TECHNOLOGY

Fighting Fraud With DNA

Taking its place alongside fancy watermarks and holograms, DNA is becoming the security industry's favorite new tool in the war against counterfeiters

The Scientist 2004, 18(12):37

Published

21 June 2004

Next time you buy a designer shirt, be sure to check the label. What you don't see may surprise you. Hidden within the ink or fibers of that shirt could lie an authentication device made not of plastic or metal, but of DNA.

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