Or... they could be chaining polymerases to tiny tuning-forks to tune the speed and fidelity of DNA replication... sounds pretty cool! From a patent granted to

Or... they could be chaining polymerases to tiny tuning-forks to tune the speed and fidelity of DNA replication... sounds pretty cool! From a patent granted to Anita Goel / Nanobiosym: https://www.google.com/patents/US7494791 https://www.google.com/patents/US7494791 "Denaturation of double stranded nucleic acids, primer annealing, and precision control over primer extension by polymerase can be accomplished by applying stress to a nucleic acid. These methods can provide one ore more benefits over conventional PCR methods including: precision control over the PCR process; generally improved fidelity; improved accuracy over problematic... [etc etc]"