KARUNA SHINSHO, CNN ANCHOR: Earlier this year, scientists announced they had finished mapping nearly all the genes in human DNA. It's a medical milestone, but so far, means little to the average person. Now, a Japanese doctor is bringing the sounds of music to the breakthrough. Chris Riker explains.</s>CHRIS RIKER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): For most people, DNA and all that it represents is something of a mystery. But what if the genetic code were translated into music, something all of us understand? Nobuo Munakata, a researcher at Japan's National Cancer Center Research Institute, thought he could help people visualize the makeup of</s>DNA. NOBUO MUNAKATA, NATL. CANCER RESEARCH INST.: There are some attempts to make better visual display, like putting different colors for each bases, but we thought that there is another way and different way to display this sequence of information in using sounds. That's kind of an auditory display.</s>RIKER: Munataka conducted his research into the music of DNA at home in his free time. He hopes it will generate a new appreciation for the sciences.</s>MUNAKATA: I believe this is one way to appreciate, capture and represent the beauty of life, which is made of diversity and complexities. And we have a lot to learn from the biological world, creativity, and we want to share this impression and excitement with all people.</s>RIKER: Munataka is looking beyond educating and entertaining the public. Turning information into music, he says, can sometimes inspire new ways of analysis. And that inspiration, in turn, could lead to unexpected scientific breakthroughs. Chris Riker for INSIDE ASIA.
Bringing Sounds of Music to Mapping of Human Genome