Oxford Nanopore develops portable DNA sequencing device

March 21, 2016
It’s been nearly a year since the first portable DNA sequencers were shipped to giddy researchers waiting to be untethered from the refrigerator-sized machines in their labs. Now a desktop version by the same maker, Oxford Nanopore, is heading their way, with the first shipments to be sent by the end of this month.
It’s been nearly a year since the first portable DNA sequencers were shipped to giddy researchers waiting to be untethered from the refrigerator-sized machines in their labs. Now a desktop version by the same maker, Oxford Nanopore, is heading their way, with the first shipments to be sent by the end of this month.
Read More at Inside Technology - IEEE Spectrum
The BioOptics World take on this story:

England-based Oxford Nanopore has developed a portable DNA sequencing device, with the goal of building an "Internet of living things." The device, called MinION, is small enough to fit in a coat pocket, costs about $1000, and connects to a laptop computer via a standard USB port. It can be used in developing countries to, for example, study Ebola outbreaks and antibiotic resistance.

First shipments of the device are expected to be sent by the end of March 2016.

Related: DNA sequencing technologies: The next generation and beyond

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