A British company plans to sell a disposable gene sequencing device that is the size of a USB memory stick and plugs into a laptop computer to deliver its results.
The latest in vaporware technology. Sounds cool, but
A drawback is that the Oxford machine has a 4 percent error rate, too high for many applications, including diagnosis.
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