Correct - Ion Torrent (and Oxford Nanopore) promised a `sequencer on a chip` and this isn't that, it's `PCR on a chip`. That said, PCR for known SNPs (breast c

Correct - Ion Torrent (and Oxford Nanopore) promised a `sequencer on a chip` and this isn't that, it's `PCR on a chip`. That said, PCR for known SNPs (breast cancer, alzheima's etc) in this timescale could revolutionise modern medicine (no hyperbole!)