Re: dad campaigns to stop school drug testing

ColoradoSkiBum wrote:
> 
> : > : ...every business wants private access to a cup of your pee - any DNA
> in
> : > : pee?
> : >
> : > A few white blood cells, but not enough to provide any DNA--at least not
> : > yet.
> : > --
> : > ColoradoSkiBum
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> : WRONGO! One cell is now sufficient, using PCR (polymerase chain
> : reaction) to amplify the sample by thousands of times, and then
> : electrophoresis and autorad analysis.
> 
> True, but my understanding is that there are so few WBC's in urine that
> you'd need a couple gallons of the stuff for it to matter--same way you
> can't catch AIDS from somebody's urine.  True?
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> ColoradoSkiBum
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No, that's false, you SURE CAN catch it that way!

Steve