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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-20-116821
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20191107
FILED AS OF DATE:		20201021
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20201021

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Anchin Scott L
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001669488

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36745
		FILM NUMBER:		201251095

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		16990 GOLDENTOP ROAD, SUITE A
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92127

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			APPLIED DNA SCIENCES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000744452
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS SERVICES [7380]
		IRS NUMBER:				592262718
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		50 HEALTH SCIENCES DRIVE
		CITY:			STONY BROOK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11790
		BUSINESS PHONE:		631-240-8800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		50 HEALTH SCIENCES DRIVE
		CITY:			STONY BROOK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11790

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PROHEALTH MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20010504

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DCC ACQUISITION CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19990211

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DATALINK CAPITAL CORP/TX/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980306
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        <footnote id="F1">This amendment is being filed solely to add the Power of Attorney as an exhibit, and as such, these shares are being re-reported in connection with such written authorization.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Beth Jantzen, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-10-21</signatureDate>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: right; margin: 0"><B>Exhibit 24</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><B>POWER
OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Know all by these presents,
that the undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (the&nbsp;&ldquo;<U>Company</U>&rdquo;), hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Beth Jantzen and Katherine Palamar, signing singly, the undersigned&rsquo;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact
to:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(1)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-right: 0.5in">execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person
of the Company, Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the&nbsp;&ldquo;<U>Exchange
Act</U>&rdquo;), and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file in connection
with the undersigned&rsquo;s ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(2)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-right: 0.5in">do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, or other form or report, and timely file such form
or report with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(3)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-right: 0.5in">take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned,
it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact&rsquo;s
discretion.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The undersigned hereby
grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact&rsquo;s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned&rsquo;s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This Power of Attorney
shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned&rsquo;s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned
in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 18<SUP>th</SUP> day of November, 2019.</P>

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