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DNA Printers, or a technique known as "solid phase synthesis" is a different technology that was used by the HGP, but not developed or advanced by them.
by wespiser_2018 6y ago
DNA Printers, or a technique known as "solid phase synthesis" is a different technology that was used by the HGP, but not developed or advanced by them.
- dekhn 6y agoI remember using these 20 years ago to make RNA (they can make RNA as well as DNA, if you add the right reagents, which IIRC were obscenely expensive). They'd run with various pumps and relays clicking. I got 40 OD of a single RNA duplex, and proceeded to... wash it down the drain, since I was an idiot in the lab.
- wespiser_2018 6y agoRNA is a fickle beast!
- haihaibye 6y agoBy "making... cheap" the mechanism I meant was it drastically increased the market size, and thus ushered in economies of scale in these technologies.