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Genetic Sequencing is “Really simple” when you get right down to it
- polyfractal 15y agoWow, that is some serious price gouging. As a biologist, I can tell you gel boxes are not complicated devices. Waterproof tank, reservoir on each end, removable tray for gel, electrodes. Done. I could probably build one in a weekend using $20 of plexiglass and some steel electrodes scrounged up somewhere. They quote gel boxes as retailing "probably about $2000 in a lab". There are BioRad gelboxes for sale on ebay for $60. The expensive part would be the power supply, which they don't even sell with the kit.