Technology update
Nov 29, 2007
DNA sequencing moves on
A new device that controls the position of DNA molecules inside a nanopore with single nucleotide resolution could revolutionise DNA sequencing claim researchers at IBM Research. The theoretical "DNA transistor", proposed by Stas Polonsky and colleagues of the TJ Watson Research Center in New York, would exploit the interaction of discrete charges on the backbone of DNA with the electric field inside the nanopore.
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