Funding sought for DNA-embedded genetic surveillance machine

US military research group (DARPA) wants to fund research into technologies that could be built into the genome of microorganisms and keep track of any changes made to the organism’s genes

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The big sticking point here is that nobody has a clue how to achieve this, but if they do it will have implication in the area of gene patent protection and possibly synthetic biology.