'Poring over' DNA: Advancing nanopore sensing towards lower cost and more accurate DNA sequencing
Tuesday, October 11, 2016 - 13:33
in Biology & Nature
In a future of personalized medicine, doctors may quickly glean the changes in the DNA sequences of patients that predispose them to specific diseases or determine the most appropriate therapeutic approach simply by analyzing a saliva sample. At present, however, reading DNA sequences from genomes using current next generation sequencing methods is still a costly endeavor restricted to well-equipped laboratories.