DNA in a diamond frame
Swiss scientists have created jewelry with fossilized DNA
and organized a fundraising campaign on Kickstarter
Fedor Lisovoy, Rough&Polished
A group of Swiss scientists organized a campaign on the Kickstarter crowdfunding service to raise funds for a line of jewelry with fossilized ("turned into a fossil" – VM) DNA enclosed in them.
The technology, which was developed by Robert Grass, involves cleaning a DNA sample obtained from a swab of the oral cavity and turned into dust. Then this dust is placed inside the jewelry and sealed with a small diamond. Fossilized DNA samples have been preserved for thousands of years and can be recovered from the gemstone for "use or analysis in the future," the scientist said.
Grass developed the technology of fossilization and preservation of DNA for long-term storage of information. According to him, it is also a unique way to personalize jewelry. Grass wanted to make a truly personal gift to his wife, and therefore implanted his own DNA into the ring, which he then presented to her.
Snapshot from the site identity-inside.com – VM
Friends and colleagues of the scientist began to turn to him with a request to create similar jewelry for them. After that, Grass decided that he needed to create a new line of jewelry – "Identity Inside" (Identity Inside).
As part of the new series, customers are offered four types of products – a sterling silver ring with a 0.02 carat diamond that seals the stored DNA on the inside of the product; a sterling silver ring with two 0.02 carat diamonds – one on the inside and one on the outside of the product; a Lagenthal watch in which the DNA is under the diamond it is stored in the crown of the watch; as well as a rose gold pendant with a diamond weighing 0.02 carats.
The project campaign on the Kickstarter website will be held until December 20.
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02.12.2015