Sequencing technology is decreasing in cost and increasing in power at a rate faster than anything since the microchip.
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Cancer patients may be among the first to benefit from DNA sequencing technology.
To quickly compare the genes, the Genomics Center is using gene sequencing technology developed by Lynx Therapeutics, a biotech partner of Hoechst in Hayward, Calif.
The chief executive of a major maker of DNA sequencing technology is talking about getting regulatory clearance to use his technology for medical purposes.
As sequencing technology advances and becomes more affordable, researchers expect someday to readily decode twins' full genomes to further identify genetic factors of diseases.
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Using the latest sequencing technology as well as the data available from the Human Genome Project, Celera scientists had created a working draft of the genome.
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The microbiome, made much easier to study by new DNA-sequencing technology (which lets you distinguish between bugs without having to grow them on Petri dishes), is thus a trendy area of science.
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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This is thanks first to the DNA sequencing technology introduced by 454 Life Sciences (now part of Roche), and then to the even faster, cheaper technology introduced by Illumina, which is now the dominant maker of DNA sequencing gear.
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The PGM uses a semiconductor chip to sequencing DNA, a technology that Ion Torrent founder Jonathan Rothberg says will allow his machine to increase in speed at a rate of 10-fold every six months.
The technology is already here for personalized DNA sequencing.
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Orion Genomics hopes to start pulling in revenues next year from its proprietary method of sequencing, mapping and cloning agricultural genes--technology that can be used to improve crop yield, develop pest resistance or help plants survive drought, flooding and cold.
But PacBio still represents an interesting approach that will have immediate utility for some things, like sequencing germs and crops and new types of organisms, and its technology has the potential to get much, much faster.
The first draft has been completed years ahead of schedule thanks to the introduction of new robotic technology and the competition sparked by Celera and its alternative method of sequencing the genome.
Chad Nusbaum, co-director of the Genome Sequencing and Analysis Program at the Broad Institute, says that he thinks of the technology as being akin to digital photography: it was adopted because it was small and fast, but there was always the potential that it would replace film.
But then Illumina came up with new technology and ripped away much of the gene chip market, before moving on to dominate sequencing.
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