Fitting a biological nanopore into a man-made one, new ways to analyze DNA

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 11:01 in Physics & Chemistry

Researchers at Delft University of Technology and Oxford University announce a new type of nanopore device that could help in developing fast and cheap genetic analysis. In the journal Nature Nanotechnology (November 28), they report on a novel method that combines man-made and biological materials to result in a tiny hole on a chip, which is able to measure and analyze single DNA molecules.

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