July 31, 2012

Micro-Copier for Genome Analysis




Micro-Copier for Genome Analysis

New method holds promise to advance personalised medicine

The scientists Jochen Hoffmann, Dr. Guenther Roth, and Prof. Dr. Roland Zengerle from the Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK) at the University of Freiburg can copy simultaneously 100.000 different DNA sequences in a so called picowell array that has the size of a one cent coin.

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