DNA chips explained

DNA chips, actually DNA microarrays, are rapidly enabling medical and biological technologies that many believe will be as significant as the computer technology that has enabled their creation. Sophisticated and personalized diagnostic tools interacting with expert systems over the Web are not, in fact, far in the future. If the notion of fusing silicon microcircuits and DNA strands still sounds like science fiction, a short article in Technology Review may be of assistance.

Access that article at techreview.com.