Converting DNA Structures into Music


	Converting DNA Structures into Music
rj3sp
7-21-2008 6:29 PM
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medical, reserch, science, dna, sound, network, music,
rj3sp says:
Highly complex DNA structures can be tranformed into musical sounds, which might eventually be used to monitor sick patients. In the acoustic translation, harmony represents good health, and discord indicates disease.
Finally auditory information will allow surgeons, anesthesiologists, and other physicians to be able to focus on their task and listen at the same time.
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7-22-2008 12:06 AM
mugofcoffee
wow! amazing..thanks for clipping this...I always love reading about the brain, genes etc. very interesting...
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