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AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 5, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SmallCapVoice.com, Inc. announced today that a new audio interview with DNA Precious Metals, Inc. (DNAP) is now available. The interview can be heard at http://smallcapvoice.com/blog/11-1-13-smallcapvoice-interview-with-dna-precious-metals-inc-dnap

Ron Mann, CEO of DNA Precious Metals, Inc., called into SmallCapVoice.com to go over the recent news and projects for the Company. This interview provides Mr. Mann's personal insight into the recent news regarding DNAP presentation at the 2013 Silver Summit conference in Spokane, Washington, the recent announcement that DNAP has signed a Binding Agreement to acquire an undivided one hundred (100%) interest for all of the Montauban Mine Property assets located in Notre-Dame-de-Montauban, Quebec, Canada, and much more.

About DNA Precious Metals

DNA Precious Metals, Inc. is focused on near term production of the Montauban tailings mine in the Province of Quebec, Canada with an aggressive search for economic production assets. The company trades on the OTC BB market in the United States under the stock symbol DNAP.

For more information, visit http://www.dnapreciousmetals.com.

Forward Looking Disclaimer: This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Readers are referred to the Securities and Exchange Commission filings filed by the Company on EDGAR at http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml, specifically the most recent reports which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to review or confirm analysts' expectations or estimates or to publicly release any revisions to any forward-looking statements. The information contained in this press release should not be construed as any indication of the Company's future stock price, its revenues or results of operations.

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by JANE MCCARTHY & KREM.com

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Posted on November 4, 2013 at 4:09 PM

Updated today at 7:00 PM

SPOKANE, Wash. -- A Spokane County Major Crimes Detective is digging into a 43-year-old cold case involving the murder of a little boy. New DNA samples are being tested to help lead detectives to the boys killer.

It was 1970 when David Willoughby left his home in on North Elm to hike with a friend to the Spokane Airport to watch planes come and go. Somewhere along the way, Willoughbys friend turned back. Willoughby kept going.

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A driver remembered seeing the little boy walking alone in the Sunset Hill area along Highway 2. Then, Willoughby disappeared.

Willoughbys body was found discarded in the tangled underbrush of Pend Oreille County Park 18 days after he went missing. He had been strangled and sexually assaulted. The Spokane Coroners Office said Willoughby was alive for 8 to 10 days after his disappearance.

Spokane County Major Crimes Detective Kirk Keyser is hoping to bring Willoughbys killer to justice. The fact that the boy was murder 43 years ago is part of what is driving him to solve the case.

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Contact: Clare Ryan clare.ryan@ucl.ac.uk 44-020-310-83846 University College London

A new way to build membrane-crossing pores, using Lego-like DNA building blocks, has been developed by scientists at UCL, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Cambridge and the University of Southampton.

The approach provides a simple and low cost tool for synthetic biology and the technique has potential applications in diagnostic devices and drug discovery. The research is featured in the current issue of the journal Angewandte Chemie.

Membrane pores are the gateways controlling the transport of essential molecules across the otherwise impermeable membranes that surround cells in living organisms. Typically made from proteins, pores of different sizes control the flow of ions and molecules both and in and out of the cell as part of an organism's metabolism.

Our understanding of membrane pores comes both from the study of both natural pores, and from equivalent structures built in the lab by synthetic biologists. But synthetic proteins are notoriously difficult to handle due to the complex and often unpredictable ways in which their structures can fold. Even minor protein misfolding changes a protein's properties, meaning that building synthetic pores out of proteins can be risky and time-consuming.

A more straightforward approach is so-called 'rational engineering' using Lego-like DNA building blocks. Although generally known as life's genetic code, DNA strands, which are chemically much simpler than proteins, are far easier and more predictable to work with than proteins. As such they are a useful material for building nanoscale structures in the lab.

"DNA is a construction material that follows very simple rules", said Dr Stefan Howorka (UCL Chemistry). "New nanostructures can be easily designed using a computer programme, and the elements fit together like Lego bricks. So we can build more or less whatever we like."

Using this approach, the team built a tiny tube measuring just 14 nanometres along and 5.5 nanometres across (around 10,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair). This formed the main part of their artificial nanopore. However, to insert the tube into a cell membrane, a key challenge had to be addressed: the water-soluble DNA-based structure will not embed itself into the greasy membrane which is composed of lipids.

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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/hkbhrq/dna_sequencing) has announced the addition of Jain PharmaBiotech's updated report "DNA Sequencing - Technologies, Markets and Companies" to their offering.

This report briefly reviews basics of human genome variations, development of sequencing technologies, and their applications. Current large and small sequencers are described as well as companies developing them. Various applications of sequencing are described including those for genetics, medical diagnostics, drug discovery and cancer. Next generation sequencing technologies, both second and third generations, are reviewed. Companies developing software for analysis of sequencing data are also included. Selected academic institutes conducting research in sequencing are also listed.

Current market is mostly for research applications and future markets will be other applications related to healthcare. The value of DNA sequencer market in 2012 is described with estimates for 2017 and 2022. Various methods and factors on which market estimates depend are described briefly. Markets are tabulated according to geographical areas as well as applications. Small sequencers form the basis of SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis. Several marketing strategies have been outlined.

The report includes profiles of 110 companies involved in sequencing and their 113 collaborations. The report text is supplementd by 38 tables, 13 figures and 350 selected references to the literature.

Key Topics Covered

0. Executive Summary

1. Introduction

2. DNA Sequencing Technologies

3. Role of Bioinformatics in Sequencing

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Earl Arde Mercer (Jail photo/file)

TEMPLE (November 4, 2013) A man whos serving an 18-month state jail sentence in an unrelated case has been served with an arrest warrant charging aggravated sexual assault of a child in the 2006 sexual assault of a Temple girl, who was 13 at the time of the attack.

An affidavit for the warrant, which was served last Thursday, says Earl Arde Mercer, 30, of Temple, had a sexual relationship with the girl in 2006.

When the family of the teenage girl filed a report, evidence including DNA was collected from the victim and preserved, but investigators hit a dead end in their search for a suspect.

But when Mercer was sent to the Bartlett State Jail earlier this year for the unrelated offense, his DNA was routinely collected for a national database.

When the Texas Department of Public Safety ran the DNA sample through the system it matched the evidence from the 2006 child sexual assault case.

On Monday Bell county deputies went to the state jail armed with another warrant, this time to collect another DNA sample from Mercer to confirm the match.

"It's just a matter of time that they're going get caught. Many of these individuals do believe that they're not going be caught and when I went to execute the search warrant today to get DNA on Mercer he was quite surprised," said Michele Cianci with the Bell County Sheriff's Department said.

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DNA: How do you look at the field of energy conservation especially when it comes to hydrocarbons and the environment?

Parasnis: When I look at energy, I think of only two very important things. One is fuel, and the other is coal-based electricity. In the fuel sector, we check trends and do some analysis. I see some very interesting trends in India. While the subsidy [per vehicle] has reduced by more than 15%, the number of vehicles has increased around five-fold. In the city of Chennai it has grown the most. Mumbai ranks fourth.

So while petrol prices keep going up, subsidy is being lowered, the number of vehicles keeps increasing. It shows that people can afford to pay for the fuel and the vehicles. Moreover there are also people who can afford to travel by AC [airconditioned] buses. So if we increase the tariff for public transport, but make is more comfortable, more people could opt for it [thus reducing the demand for cars and hence fuel].

DNA: So more people could opt for mass rapid transport systems if they were made more convenient and comfortable.

Parasnis: Yes. It should be made more comfortable. Like AC buses. Maybe the tariff could be three times more than the normal fare. But there are people who can afford it. So my point is that in India even though we say that it is a developing economy, and poor, the data show that many people can afford better modes of transport [which also save the nation fues costs]. We need better mass rapid transport systems.

DNA: Absolutely.

Radhakrishnan: Look at the larger context of energy. Energy demand in India has been going up and it has to go up because we are growing. We have been growing at a decent rate as compared to other developing or developed countries. So when your GDP is doing well, obviously youll need more energy to sustain that growth. That is one part.

The other part, interestingly, is that the per capita consumption of energy continues to be low as compared to developed countries. So we have a paradoxical situation. But the aspirations of the public to consume more and more to improve the standards of living cannot be ignored. It cannot be denied. Yet, as a country which has a large population and must import huge quantities of energy inputs, the strain on our foreign exchange also cannot be overlooked. It is in this context that energy conservation has to be emphasized.

DNA: True. Consumption of fuel has direct link to standard of living.

Radhakrishnan: And this will require other sets of policy measures to be brought in.

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As the anniversary of Jeff Mitchells mysterious slaying came and went last week for the seventh time, detectives still trying to solve the crime harbor hope that new technology might finally bring answers in the case.

Mitchell, a Sacramento County sheriffs deputy, was fatally shot with his own service weapon during a traffic stop in the early morning hours of Oct. 27, 2006. Evidence from the scene yielded a partial DNA profile of his unknown killer, but the sample was not enough to upload into national DNA databases that could hold a match.

That could change, however, as the result of advancements in the field of DNA extraction, said Sgt. Jim Barnes, who supervises the sheriffs homicide unit.

Barnes said his team has resubmitted all evidence in the case for new testing in light of the recent advances. A criminalist in the Sacramento County District Attorneys Crime Lab has been assigned to the case full time until the retesting is complete, he said.

Detectives and criminalists hope a new profile can be derived that will be strong enough to enter into the databases.

Weve never put (the case) on the shelf, but getting buy-in from the crime lab (was critical), Barnes said.

Jill Spriggs, crime lab director, said she could not discuss specifics of the case. But she said modern DNA kits are extremely sensitive compared to those used in years past.

In the 1980s, she said, a DNA sample might have to have been the size of a dime for a profile to be extracted. Then, as the result of advancements in the field, the sample needed to be the size of a pea.

Now, you dont even have to see it, Spriggs said.

The morning of his death, Mitchell a 37-year-old husband and father of a then-6-year-old boy had typed a note to dispatchers that he was on a traffic stop in rural Sloughhouse involving a white Chevrolet van with no visible plates and one person inside. As time passed and he didn't respond to welfare checks from dispatchers, deputies raced to his aid and found him shot in the head.

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