custom = customized (according to users' request) ?

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Nanosensors Made from DNA May Light Path to New Cancer Tests and Drugs

ScienceDaily (Sep. 7, 2011) — Sensors made from custom DNA molecules could be used to personalize cancer treatments and monitor the quality of stem cells, according to an international team of researchers led by scientists at UC Santa Barbara and the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

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@oristarA,

Pretty much, although 'customized' infers a consumer aesthetic choice - where is in this context the 'customization' is solely purposed based. The writers might more correctly have used 'engineered' or 'purpose-built'.

(sorry hamsters I hit report by mistake!)

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@hingehead,

Thanks

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