{"id":121134,"date":"2021-04-01T11:22:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T18:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/dna-can-be-collected-from-air-scientists-show-for-first-time"},"modified":"2021-04-01T11:22:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T18:22:19","slug":"dna-can-be-collected-from-air-scientists-show-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/dna-can-be-collected-from-air-scientists-show-for-first-time","title":{"rendered":"DNA can be collected from air, scientists show for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/dna-can-be-collected-from-air-scientists-show-for-first-time.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a first, scientists have revealed that animal and human DNA can be plucked straight out of thin air. The development heralds a promising new scientific technique with possible applications for ecology, forensics, and medicine, according to a new study.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\u201cFor example, this technique could help us to better understand the transmission of airborne diseases such as COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The research team is working with partners in industry, including the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturemetrics.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NatureMetrics<\/a>, to see how the technique can be applied in other ways, the university said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a first, scientists have revealed that animal and human DNA can be plucked straight out of thin air. The development heralds a promising new scientific technique with possible applications for ecology, forensics, and medicine, according to a new study. \u201cFor example, this technique could help us to better understand the transmission of airborne diseases [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":621,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/621"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121134\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}