The smallest sequencing instruments today corresponds to the size of a cellphone, as does their price tag. (scilifelab.se)
The HeliScope Single Molecule Sequencer is the first commercial single - molecule sequencing instrument, so called because it does not require the production of millions of copies of the target DNA for the analysis. (sciencemag.org)
Chris McLeod, president and CEO of 454 Life Sciences, which was involved in the Watson project, says his company's newest sequencing instrument can now do one human genome in about a month for roughly $ 200,000. (discovermagazine.com)