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TechFirst with John Koetsier

Wearable DNA sequencing devices just 4-5 years away: Dr. Roel Wuyts, principal scientist at IMEC

Oct 15, 2020
13:49

Do we now have near real-time gene sequencing? And if so … what does that unlock?

In this edition of TechFirst with John Koetsier we chat with Dr Roel Wuyts, principal scientist at IMEC and a professor at KU Leuven about gene sequencing, which used to take a lot of time.

Remember the Human Genome project? It started October 1, 1990 and completed in April 2003.

Now there’s a way of sequencing a whole genome in just 10 minutes for some sequences and a few hours for a whole human genome, which should unlock major new capabilities like personalized medicine and smarter treatment of currently deadly diseases.

Full transcript will go here:
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