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Auctionbytes-NewsFlash, Number 6 - January 26, 2001 - ISSN 1539-5065
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SuperBowl Footballs Meet Bioengineering
By Ina Steiner
AuctionBytes.com
January 26, 2001
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Footballs to be used in Sunday's SuperBowl XXXV will be tagged with a unique strand of synthetic DNA made by a patented process developed by DNA Technologies. This process ensures the authenticity of the actual balls used in the game. Verification can be done at any time with a specially calibrated laser. In prior years only a letter of authenticity had been provided. The growth of counterfeiting of all sports collectibles played the major part in this decision.
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