New palm-sized,MiniION sequencer, costing around $1000, and designed to analyse DNA to befriend track disease outbreaks,check food and offer ‘the democratisation of sequencing’
An inexpensive handheld device that can read strands of DNA has been hailed as revolutionary by scientists who tested the product.
The palm-sized sequencer gives researchers the power to analyse DNA almost anywhere, and could befriend track disease outbreaks, and escape checks on food,and combat the trafficking of endangered animals.
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Source: theguardian.com