That means that the PGM will be able to sequence 1 billion letters of DNA code in two hours, making it much more competitive with a rival machine, the MiSeq, developed by Illumina, which now dominates the sequencing business.
This morning, scientists at the National Genome Health Research Institute announced plans to sequence the genes of 1, 000 patients with heart disease using the machines being made by Illumina.
Already, the National Institutes of Health has started a study that will sequence the DNA of 1, 000 people at risk for heart disease, trying to understand why heart attacks happen.
The Tale of the Three Brothers, part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, picked up the award for best animated sequence in a film.
Last week, Celera announced it had delivered 1.2 billion base pairs of the humane genome sequence to its subscribers.
From this humble beginning it now plans to sequence 200 full human genomes as part of an international collaboration called the 1, 000-genome project.
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In 1988 Phobos 1, a Soviet Mars probe, was sent a command sequence in which one crucial character was accidentally omitted, causing it to start tumbling in space.
That concluded a wild sequence in the Rangers' end that began with a 4-on-1 rush by the Lightning after a bad line change by the Rangers.
Though the firm has proved the principle, a single pore would take about 70 days to sequence an entire human genome (which has roughly the same number of letters as 1, 000 Russian novels).
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Continuing the curatorial approach used ten years ago in the first of its new displays, in the British galleries, these 1, 800 objects, from 300AD to 1600, are arranged in a broadly chronological sequence and cover a range of themes including devotion, trade and city life.
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