Applied DNA Sciences Featured on New York City's ABC-TV Affiliate on May 7

STONY BROOK, NY--(Marketwired - May 11, 2015) - Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: APDN) (Twitter: @APDN), a provider of DNA-based anti-counterfeiting technology, supply chain and product authentication solutions, was featured in a segment during the evening news on the ABC-TV affiliate in New York City (WABC-TV) on May 7.

The segment, titled "How To Avoid Counterfeit Items So Good They Might Be On Store Shelves," featured the growing problem of counterfeiting in the apparel world, and went on to describe APDN's SigNature^®T DNA and fiberTyping^® fiber forward program which provides traceability and authenticity assurance at every stage of the textile and apparel supply chain.

Divatex, a leading supplier of home textiles, appeared alongside Applied DNA Sciences in the segment, and has initiated an unprecedented program to mark their luxury cotton fibers with DNA.

David Greenstein, CEO of Divatex, remarked, "How do we get to really know what we're buying? Not at the end when we have a product with a problem, but at the beginning." APDN marks the cotton at the very top of the supply chain, during ginning just after the cotton is picked.

"It's the first time we have traceability information that tells us from the birth of the product to the end of its life exactly where it came from," Applied DNA Sciences' MeiLin Wan said. "Who made it, when it was made."

To view the segment in its entirety, please visit the following link: http://7online.com/shopping/how-to-avoid-counterfeit-items-so-good-they-might-be-on-store-shelves/702883/

The video at the link above is provided for informational purposes only. Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. is not responsible for the content of the linked video.

About Applied DNA Sciences

We make life real and safe by providing botanical-DNA based security and authentication solutions and services that can help protect products, brands, entire supply chains, and intellectual property of companies, governments and consumers from theft, counterfeiting, fraud and diversion. SigNature^® DNA describes the platform ingredient that is at the heart of all of our security and authentication solutions. SigNature DNA is at the core of a family of uncopyable products such as DNAnet^®, our anti-theft product, SigNature^® T, targeted toward textiles, and digitalDNA^®, providing powerful track and trace. All provide a forensic chain of evidence and can be used to prosecute perpetrators.

Applied DNA Sciences common stock is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol APDN, and its warrants are listed under the symbol APDNW.

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