Second, Jim Creamer, ILMN does not own 15% of Oxford, it has taken equity in the company and has absolutely NO IP on nanopore sequencing.

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Now new entrants, like the Ion Torrent sequencing technology owned by Life Technology and the new types of sequencers being developed by Oxford Nanopore are fomenting more competition and driving costs down even further.

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