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Sequencers step up to the speed challenge

In future, hospitals should be able to sequence patient DNA swiftly and cheaply. Rex Dalton reports on the firms bringing that day closer.

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Sequencers step up to the speed challenge. Nature 443, 258–259 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/443258a

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