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Defense security act could aid Applied DNA

Applied DNA Sciences chief James Hayward swabs microchips

Photo credit: Newsday/Audrey C. Tiernan | Applied DNA Sciences chief James Hayward swabs microchips used to mark objects as authentic, not counterfeit. (Jan. 5, 2012)

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Tiny Applied DNA Sciences Inc. in Stony Brook believes it already has a good reason to celebrate the new year.

Despite an expected overall reduction in U.S. military spending, Applied DNA took heart over an amendment to the fiscal year 2012 National Defense Authorization Act signed by President Barack Obama on New Year's Eve. The amendment requires that the Pentagon, the Department of Homeland...

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