An international consortium of universities and institutes has developed a standard protocol for using Oxford Nanopore 's privately - held MinIoN DNA sequencer . Unlike other protocols on the internet , the protocol works by reading each individual strand of DNA as it is passed through a pore , allowing it to read much greater lengths of DNA , and at a high precision . Five laboratories in the uk , the US , Canada and The Netherlands have developed a protocol that demonstrates the consistency , accuracy and reproducibility of the data across the different laboratories .
An international consortium of universities and institutes has developed a standard protocol for using Oxford Nanopore's hand-held MinIoN DNA sequencer. Unlike other devices on the market, the MinIoN works by reading each individual base of DNA as it is threaded through a pore, allowing it to read much greater lengths of DNA, and at a high precision. Five laboratories in the UK, the US, Canada and The Netherlands have devised a protocol that demonstrates the consistency, accuracy and reproducibility of the data across the different laboratories.