Scientists Sequence Human Genome With Handheld USB Device

Gizmodo ----------- Scientists reported this week that they have sequenced and assembled the human genome using a pocket-sized sequencer for the first time.The researchers accomplished their feat using the MinION nanopore sequencer, reading almost a hundred billion base pairs of data and analyzing huge chunks of DNA. The product is targeted towards scientists, mainly, but costs as little as a thousand dollars. Other DNA-sequencing machines are about the size of a standard office photocopier. To learn more click on the picture below to read the article.