Point-of-Care DNA Sequencer Inching Closer to Widespread Use as Beta-Testers Praise Oxford Technologies’ Pocketsize, Portable Nanopore Device

Nov 4, 2015 | Digital Pathology, Instruments & Equipment, Laboratory Instruments & Laboratory Equipment, Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology, Laboratory Testing, Management & Operations

MinION could help achieve NIH’s goal of $1,000 human genome sequencing and in remote clinics and outbreak zones shift testing away from medical laboratories Point-of-care DNA sequencing  technology is edging ever closer to widespread commercial use as the Oxford Nanopore MinION sequencer  draws praise and registers successes in pre-release testing. A pocketsize gene-sequencing machine such as the MinION could transform the marketplace by shifting DNA testing to remote clinics and outbreak...
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