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Is the price a question of scale? If this technology would become commonplace, would the price go down? Are there patents that would prevent cheaper chemical pr
by nojokes 6y ago
Is the price a question of scale? If this technology would become commonplace, would the price go down? Are there patents that would prevent cheaper chemical production?
- hobofan 6y agoI assume scale and more R&D on how to produce nanopores more cheaply would be the main ways to drive price down. As for patents, Oxford Nanopore has a pretty big portfolio for all things nanopore, so a direct competitor based on nanopores that would drive the price down seems unlikely (though they obviously have to compete on price with other sequencing methods to some degree).