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University of East Anglia

MinION Nanopore DNA Sequencing Technology

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New nanopore DNA sequencing technology on a device the size of a USB stick could be used to diagnose infection -- according to new research from the University of East Anglia and Public Health England. Researchers tested the new technology with a complex problem -- determining the cause of antibiotic resistance in a new multi-drug resistant strain of the bacterium that causes Typhoid. The results, published today in the journal Nature Biotechnology, reveal that the small, accessible and cost effective technology could revolutionize genomic sequencing.

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