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<FILENAME>june302004form10qsbex321.txt
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Exhibit 32.1
                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Quarterly report of Applied DNA Sciences,  Inc. (the
"Company")  on Form 10-QSB for the period ending June 30, 2004 as filed with the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  I, Rob
Hutchinson,  Chief  Executive  Officer of the Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18
U.S.C. section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

     (1)  The Report fully  complies with the  requirements  of section 13(a) or
          15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)  The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
          material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of
          the Company.

     A signed  original of this  written  statement  required by Section 906 has
been provided to Applied DNA Sciences,  Inc. and will be retained by Applied DNA
Sciences,  Inc. and furnished to the Securities  and Exchange  Commission or its
staff upon request.

Date:  August 17, 2004                              By: /s/ ROB HUTCHINSON
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                                                        Rob Hutchinson
                                                        Chief Executive Officer

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