Natural barcodes enable better cell tracking

(Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard) A group of researchers from the Wyss Institute at Harvard University and Harvard Medical School has developed a new genetic analysis technique that harnesses the 10 million small nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) found in the human genome as 'barcodes' to create a faster, cheaper, and simpler way to keep track of pooled cells from multiple individuals during multiplexed experiments, enabling large samples of cells from multiple people to be quickly analyzed for personalized medicine.  
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news