Matthew Herper says: New, high-speed gene sequencers are likely to change the way biology is studied. This ABI machine will compete with the sequencers made by 454 Life Sciences, now a unit of Roche, and Illumina's Solexa sequencers. Among new sequencer-makers, Helicos appears to be the upstart to watch. It hasn't taken long to speed the reading up with the associated advances in technology. It wasn't long ago that reading the sequence was as easy as wading through a mile of tangled ticker tape. Now we are getting our bearings, and while the reading speeds up, so we understand more of what we see. Discovery compounding, and working in concert. I wonder how long it will be before it will be possible to have a virtual program, where the function of the genes can be run. For example having an algorithm which contained the DNA sequence of an egg, that could show virtual development, even to the adult stage. With the right tweaks it could be used as a "Crash Test Dummy," for food and drug tests. ... |
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