What if you could put a few bacterial cells into a USB stick, plug it into your laptop, and get back a complete DNA sequence in a matter of minutes?
Oxford Nanopore has built a USB device that will do just that. At least, that’s what the company says. Known as MinION, the device received a hefty amount of press when it was announced in February, and it’s slated for release to the world at large in the second half of the year. But many are still skeptical that this tiny device will do what it’s designed to do.
via Wired
Image: Oxford Nanopore
