The future of ‘next generation’ DNA sequencing
As it gets cheaper and easier to read genetic code, its applications are expanding rapidly
Next Generation Sequencing has been with us for little more than a decade, but has already revolutionised biological science. And while Illumina has grown from its origins in a Cambridge lab to dominate the global sequencing market, new techniques promising to be faster, more user-friendly, or to read longer strands of DNA, are carving out their own application niches.