DNA Sequencing in Space is a Success
Tuesday, August 30, 2016 - 18:01
in Biology & Nature
wo hundred miles above Earth, NASA has conducted the first genome sequencing in space, and researchers at UC San Francisco helped analyze the data sent back from the International Space Station and confirm that the process was a success. Using a hand-held, USB-powered sequencing device called the MinION, astronaut Kate Rubins, PhD, sequenced samples of […]