How-To: Extract Your DNA

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How-To: Extract Your DNA

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It’s news to me that it’s possible to extract the DNA from your own cells with just a few household products such as bottled water, dish soap, food coloring, table salt, and isopropyl alcohol. You can learn how to see your own DNA in this fun video from WGBH’s NOVA. It’s promoting their upcoming episode called Cracking Your Genetic Code. [via The Next Web, Thanks Roopa!]

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Matt Richardson is a San Francisco-based creative technologist and Contributing Editor at MAKE. He’s the co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi and the author of Getting Started with BeagleBone.

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