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Dot One made it possible to wear your DNA as a scarf

The company, Dot One is making it possible to wear your own genes. It has introduced a scarf which will be made by a person's genetic code.

According to The Next Web, the company known as Dot One is selling different prints on a scarf by taking an individual's DNA sample and printing it.

The procedure of taking a DNA sample and printing it down is quite easy and simple. The company sends a DNA kit to the person whose DNA sample is required.

The person just swabs the cheek from the inside. Once it is done, the person returns the kit to the company and then an algorithm is used to coordinate the repeating sequences with colors. UK residents are benefited with delivery on time  for Christmas if they order the DNA kit before December 18.

"It's basically color matching," she says. The patterns that those colors make the final product, she explains, allude to ones you're liable to observe in a lab where DNA work is performed. "When you do DNA profiling, they run your sample through a gel and it creates a quite geometric, linear pattern," she says. "The prints are reflective of the process itself."

When 23andMe-style cheek swab sample containing code is matched to the colors, a beautiful and to some extend fashionable scarf pattern is created, as mentioned by Engadget. Every pattern for the scarf is certain to be unique and quite different from every other individual. However, the pattern can turn out to be similar in the case of identical twins, otherwise, the chances of meeting someone with the same pattern on the scarf are zero.

It might be a simple procedure, but it definitely not cheap. In order to purchase the scarf, the necessary DNA testing kit, and photos of the weaving process, you have to pay £310 ($464) for it.

In fact, even a personalized print is expected to cost you around £139 ($208). Additionally, it tends to feel good visualizing your genetics on your truly personal apparel and it can be a unique gift too.

As reported by Wired, 99.9 percent of DNA is common in human beings. What distinguishes one from everybody else is the 1 percent of the genetic code.

On account of this information, a designer from London, Iona Inglesby created Dot One (a reference to the 1 percent of our genetic code that's unique) to compare those genetic differences. Unlike 23AndMe, the DNA analysis, done by Dot One highlight that you are  genetically unique, not how you are genetically unique.

The Ingelsby's team carries out in a genetic testing lab called AlphaBiolabs. The DNA samples are scanned for  stretches of genetic code called Short Tandem Repeats, or STRs. They are the regions of genetic code used to distinguish one from another.

"It's basically color matching," Inglesby says, "When you do DNA profiling, they run your sample through a gel and it creates a quite geometric, linear pattern," she says. "The prints are reflective of the process itself."

According to Inglesby, the new product aims to  throw light on the science behind genetics.


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