Teen wins UK Young Engineer of 2013 for building DNA analyser in his bedroom

Believe it or not we really ARE brothers! Boy, 17, builds DNA testing machine in his bedroom to find out why his younger sibling has ginger hair

• Fred Turner, 17, from Yorkshire built a DNA testing machine in his bedroom
• Built the polymerase chain reaction machine from items he found at home
• Wanted to see if his brother had the mutated gene that causes ginger hair
• Experiment was a success and proved why his brother is ginger and he isn't
• Fred was named the UK's Young Engineer of the Year for his design

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Teenager astounds scientists by building a DNA testing machine in his bedroom - and he did it to discover why his brother is ginger | Mail Online

Source: Mail Online

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