Handheld DNA Sequencing Enters the Here and Now:Portable, Low-Cost, Real-Time Nanopore Instrument Democratizes Genome Analysis

摘要

When the Ebola virus spread through West Africa a few years ago, a new, portable DNA sequencer developed by Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) was brought to New Guinea. There, the sequencer analyzed samples of the virus and provided near-real-time results giving researchers clues to how the disease spread.