Company Unveils DNA Sequencing Device Meant to Be Portable, Disposable and Cheap

This NYTimes article reports that British company Oxford Nanopore Technologies has announced it will begin selling a disposable gene sequencing device by the end of the year. This device, no larger than a USB stick, would be capable of using nanopore sequencing and will only cost $900.

The technology is projected to have benefits for wildlife biologists, enabling them to sequence DNA in the field.