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Portable DNA Copy Machine (only $10)

Written by Will on May 5th, 2007
Summary:

Dna copy machineA DNA copy machine has been invented, and it only takes $10 to make.

This could be a step in the right direction to enable DNA and RNA tests in developing countries, since it is a cheap, small, portable device.

 

A pocket-sized device that runs on two AA batteries and copies DNA as accurately as expensive lab equipment has been developed by researchers in the US.

The device has no moving parts and costs just $10 to make. It runs polymerase chain reactions (PCRs), to generate billions of identical copies of a DNA strand, in as little as 20 minutes. This is much faster than the machines currently in use, which take several hours.

Mini DNA replicator could benefit world’s poor – health – 01 May 2007 – New Scientist.

 

A pocket-sized device that runs on two AA batteries and copies DNA as accurately as expensive lab equipment has been developed by researchers in the US. The device has no moving parts and costs just $10 to make. It runs polymerase chain reactions (PCRs), to generate billions of identical copies of a DNA strand, in as little as 20 minutes. This is much faster than the machines currently in use, which take several hours.

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