Decoding DNA With Semiconductors
By NICHOLAS WADE
NYT
The inventor of a new machine that decodes DNA with semiconductors has used it to sequence the genome of Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, a leading chip maker.
The inventor, Jonathan Rothberg of Ion Torrent Systems in Guilford, Conn., is one of several pursuing the goal of a $1,000 human genome, which he said he could reach by 2013 because his machine is rapidly being improved.
“Gordon Moore worked out all the tricks that gave us modern semiconductors, so he should be the first person to be sequenced on a semiconductor,” Dr. Rothberg said.
At $49,000, the new DNA decoding device is cheaper than its several rivals. Its promise rests on the potential of its novel technology to be improved faster than those of machines based on existing techniques.
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NYT
The inventor of a new machine that decodes DNA with semiconductors has used it to sequence the genome of Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, a leading chip maker.
The inventor, Jonathan Rothberg of Ion Torrent Systems in Guilford, Conn., is one of several pursuing the goal of a $1,000 human genome, which he said he could reach by 2013 because his machine is rapidly being improved.
“Gordon Moore worked out all the tricks that gave us modern semiconductors, so he should be the first person to be sequenced on a semiconductor,” Dr. Rothberg said.
At $49,000, the new DNA decoding device is cheaper than its several rivals. Its promise rests on the potential of its novel technology to be improved faster than those of machines based on existing techniques.
(More here.)
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