Scientists have successfully sequenced DNA in a microgravity environment in the International Space Station (ISS) using a portable sequencer developed by Oxford Nanopore Technologies. The new sequencing method is based on an approach called "reverse transcriptase", which uses genetic material from one organism to make another - and then combines them into a single molecule.
Scientists have successfully sequenced DNA in a microgravity environment in the International Space Station (ISS) using a portable sequencer developed by Oxford Nanopore Technologies. Able to run sequencing within 10 minutes, MinION will allow astronauts to analyse bacteria and organisms during longer-term missions in the solar system as well as in the ISS.