Speed, single - base sensitivity and long read lengths
make nanopores a promising technology for high - throughput sequencing.
Not exact matches
The other cargo includes a USB - stick - sized DNA sequencer called MinION,
made by UK firm Oxford
Nanopore Technologies.
The
nanopore devices closest to being a commercially viable option for sequencing are
made out of protein pores and lipid bilayers.
«We have shown that we can
make graphene membranes and that we can pass DNA through them, a proof - of - concept for graphene
nanopores,» Drndić said.