Really awesome new DNA sequencers from Oxford Nanopore
1 machine that can sequence a human genome in 15 minutes but the real eye catcher is a sequencer the size of a USB thumbdrive. Pure awesomeness!
Like the quotes from the article:
“It sent shock waves through this meeting,” says Chad Nusbaum of the Broad Institute, who saw the machine presented at the #AGBT genomics meeting in Marco Island, Fl. “No one is talking about much else right now.
+New Scientist article: http://goo.gl/n8InJ
+Forbes article: http://goo.gl/pxbKw
/update. +Nature News & Comment article with a bit more technical background about these 2 new devices: http://goo.gl/GjrI9
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The Next DNA Disruptor? – Forbes
My Twitter feed just exploded. Oxford Nanopore, long the sleeper project to watch in the field of mapping DNA, just announced two products that could dramatically change the field of DNA sequencing: a…
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