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http://www.quantumbiosystems.com http://www.quantumbiosystems.com an IC that can read DNA without any complicated chemistry and on a device that costs dollars.
by new299 13y ago
http://www.quantumbiosystems.com http://www.quantumbiosystems.com an IC that can read DNA without any complicated chemistry and on a device that costs dollars.
It's cool not only because it could revolutionize medical research and diagnostics. But also because it gives the world a fundamental new class of sensor on which new applications will be developed for years to come.
- xerophtye 13y agouhh... how is this different from 23andMe and all that stuff? (not skeptical, just curious)
- timpattinson 13y agoI assume that it does not analyze your genome for risk to cancer etc.
- fragmede 13y agoSo you get your test-kit from 23andMe, you spit into the tube and you send it to... a 3rd party lab that processes your DNA and ships the digital data to 23andMe. That 3rd party lab has an IC that, using complicated, expensive chemistry, will digitize your DNA. Except technically not. There are some 'hot' locations that have been pre-categorized as 'interesting' on human DNA, that their chip will investigate and report back, and isn't a full sequencing of the genome. Two areas for to compete on are the complicated chemistry, and doing a more complete genome sequence.
- collyw 13y agoWhat are the error rates like on this tech at present?
- new299 13y agoEarly days, <1% substitution but homopolyer issues (~10%)
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