Daily gene sequencing comes closer

A breakthrough in nanotech sequencing gives hope for cheap and reliable gene profiling. Oxford Nanopores have published their new technique in Nature Nanotechnology which will replace cumbersome methods using fluorescent labeling. The result will be productive:

"The science of nanopore DNA sensing is now accurate and reliable enough to support a breakthrough industrial technology," said Professor Hagan Bayley, founder of Oxford Nanopore and an author of the paper. "The simplicity and versatility of nanopores as a sensing system has intrigued academic researchers for nearly two decades.  We anticipate that with the fast pace of the science, nanopore devices will soon be used for the measurement of DNA and many other molecules." The paper does not describe a prototype device to carry out this new form of sequencing.