nanopore
Your genome in minutes: New technology could slash sequencing time
Scientists from Imperial College London are developing technology that could ultimately sequence a person’s genome in mere minutes, at a fraction of the cost of current commercial techniques.
The researchers have patented an early prototype techno…
JACS paper demonstrates continuous and controlled translocation of DNA polymer through a nanopore
Santa Cruz, CA, USA and Oxford, UK, 2 December 2010: Research published this week in JACS shows continuous and controlled translocation of a single stranded DNA (ssDNA) polymer through a protein nanopore by a DNA polymerase enzyme. The paper by…
Graphene may hold key to speeding up DNA sequencing
Cambridge, Mass. – September 9, 2010 – In a paper published as the cover story of the September 9, 2010 Nature, researchers from Harvard University and MIT have demonstrated that graphene, a surprisingly robust planar sheet of carbon just one-at…