TechBlog: The nanopore toolbox
For this week’s Technology Feature, Michael Eisenstein wrote about the technology, applications, and challenges of nanopore DNA sequencing. In brief, the technology involves threading intact pieces of DNA through a tiny aperture in a membrane or other barrier, through which a current flows. As each base passes, it disrupts that current in a characteristic way, allowing the sequence to be determined. Read more
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