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Saturday, November 17, 2007 9:59:47 AM

DNAPrint Genomics Receives Notice of Allowance for Patent for Identifying Links Between Gene Sequences and Medical Traits
Market Wire, April, 2006

DNAPrint Genomics, Inc. (OTC BB: DNAG) today announced that the Company has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Tradmark Office for a patent application, Methods for the Identification of Genetic Features for Complex Genetics Classifiers. The patent protects the Company's methods for identifying links between gene sequences and phenotypes (physical or medical traits).

"Gene sequences are highly polymorphic in the population, which means that they come in various forms or 'flavors,'" stated DNAPrint Genomics Founder and Chief Scientific Officer Tony N. Frudakis. "Polymorphism is usually measured at the level of the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) but our technology measures at the level of the haplotype (strings of SNPs), which provides researchers considerably more information. The methods covered in the patent allow for an efficient and powerful means for identifying haplotype."

The recent patent provides legal protection for DNAPrint's status as one of a very few companies currently capable of performing objective, assumption-free haplotype analyses. DNAPrint is also the only company currently using Ancestry Informative Markers (AIMs) and has patents pending in this area as well. Because of limitations with traditional genome screening methods and the complex genetic characteristics of modern populations, AIMS are integral to the development of DNA tests for the inference of genetic ancestry based on phenotypes, including identifying certain physical characteristics, or an individual's predisposition to respond to certain drugs.

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