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Invented by engineer and entrepreneur Jonathan Rothberg, such desktop gene machines could transform medicine, agriculture, nanotechnology and the search for alternative fuels.
FORBES: Magazine Article
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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.
FORBES: Ion Torrent Gives Its DNA-Sequencing Box A Boost
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Ion Torrent entered this market in 2010, the brainchild of biotech entrepreneur Jonathan Rothberg. (I wrote a Forbes cover story about him in 2011.) Rothberg figured out how to make a DNA sequencer using semiconductor parts that would be significantly cheaper than the machines Illumina sold.
FORBES: What Does This $14 Billion Deal Mean For The Future Of DNA Sequencing?