Applied DNA Sciences, Inc Relocates Corporate Headquarters To New York

STONY BROOK, N.Y., Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. , today announced that it has relocated its corporate headquarters to the Long Island High Technology Incubator ("LIHTI") located on the campus of Stony Brook University ("SBU").

This relocation coincides with a restructuring of the Company's board and management team, including the appointment of James A. Hayward, Ph.D., Sc.D., as CEO. Dr. Hayward founded The Collaborative Group of biotechnology companies, which became LIHTI's first anchor tenant and its largest employer. Dr. Hayward, whose Ph.D. in molecular biology was awarded by SBU in 1983, also received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from SBU in 2000. The Collaborative Group was successfully developed and its two divisions were sold to Dow Chemical and Engelhard Corporation.

Dr. Hayward stated: "Applied DNA's relocation to Long Island is a critical step in our commercial operation. The Company is commercializing a pipeline of opportunities that will be our focus in 2006. We are establishing a prototyping laboratory at Stony Brook to customize the products already validated last year in association with the Department of Energy and our scientific group in Biowell Taiwan. Biowell's scientists have already begun their relocation to Stony Brook."

Dr. Yacov Shamash, Vice President of Economic Development for SBU and Dean of the College of Engineering said: "We are pleased to welcome APDN as the newest member of our community. We are confident about the value of the Company's technology pipeline, the abilities of the new management team and the ability of the incubator program to facilitate the Company's growth. The excellent combination of molecular biology and security technology offered by APDN is a natural addition to the University's role in combining engineering with science to launch new business and is a good example of the kind of the product development that will flow from the new Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology."

APDN is the newest member of Long Island's life science community comprised of institutional and business scientists. Joseph Scaduto, Director of the Long Island Life Sciences Initiative of which Dr. Hayward is Chair, stated: "Long Island is one of the nation's epicenters for leading research in DNA technologies. It is an ideal location for the scientists of APDN to work in a highly dynamic and interactive environment."

About Applied DNA Sciences, Inc.

Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (APDN) is a public entity, traded as an OTC, Bulletin Board company. The company is the first public company to be accepted as a tenant in the high technology incubator on the Stony Brook campus. APDN provides proprietary DNA-embedded security solutions, using plant DNA, to verify authenticity and protect corporate and government agencies from counterfeiting, fraud, piracy, product diversion, identity theft and unauthorized intrusion into physical plant and databases. Applied DNA Sciences, Inc., 25 Health Sciences Drive, Stony Brook, New York 11790; Tel: 631-444-6861; Fax: 631-444.8848 http://www.ADNAS.com.

The statements made by Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (the Company) may be forward-looking in nature and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements describe the Company's future plans, projections, strategies and expectations, and are based on assumptions and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. Actual results could differ materially from those projected due to changes in interest rates, market competition, changes in the local and national economies, and various other factors. The Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date hereof to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Applied DNA Sciences, Inc.

CONTACT: MeiLin Wan of Applied DNA Sciences, Inc., +1-631-444-6861

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