Commercial, USB-Powered DNA Sequencer Coming This Year 95
Zothecula writes "Oxford Nanopore has been developing a disruptive nanopore-based technology for sequencing DNA, RNA, proteins, and other long-chain molecules since its birth in 2005. The company has just announced that within the next 6-9 months it will bring to market a fast, portable, and disposable protein sequencer that will democratize sequencing by eliminating large capital costs associated with equipment required to enter the field."
Re:Yes, goodie (Score:5, Informative)
It wouldn't be just one. They aren't reusable, so it's going to cost $900 per sequencing operation - apparently, you have to throw away the whole device afterwards.
It currently costs around $30,000 per sequencing operation [singularityhub.com]. So I'm okay with this first-generation model only reducing the price by more than 300:1.
Re:Yes, goodie (Score:4, Informative)
Errr...that's $30k per genome (human-sized), not per sequencing operation. The device advertised does not do genomes.