Life Technologies Ion Torrent Ion Proton System
The speediest DNA sequencer yet.
The Speediest DNA Sequencer
Courtesy Ion Torrent
The Ion Proton is 100 times faster than any other sequencer and the first that could become part of everyday medical care. Ion Torrent turned sequencing into a digital process by developing the first transistor array that can directly sense the voltage spike produced every time replicating DNA adds a nucleotide. Now that sequencing has been digitized, it should get faster each year, according to Moore’s Law. $224,000
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