DNA jewelry - really

12/Dec/2006 Filed in: Futurism/Transhumanism
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Eiwa Industry Co., a Japanese metal processing firm, has begun marketing silver pendants that contain the DNA of loved ones. The company sees demand for the new service from people who want to have a memento of the dearly departed.

A researcher at the medical faculty of Nagoya University extracts the DNA from hair or other body parts provided by customers, attaches it to a 1mm bead and then encases it in a plastic capsule before putting it in a pendant.