[Source: ScienceDaily] – Arizona State University scientists have come up with a new twist in their efforts to develop a faster and cheaper way to read the DNA genetic code. They have developed the first, versatile DNA reader that can discriminate between DNA’s four core chemical components?the key to unlocking the vital code behind human heredity and health.
Led by ASU Regents’ Professor Stuart Lindsay, director of the Biodesign Institute’s Center for Single Molecule Biophysics, the ASU team is one of a handful that has received stimulus funds for a National Human Genome Research Initiative, part of the National Institutes of Health, to make DNA genome sequencing as widespread as a routine medical checkup.
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