DNA sequencing revolution?

This press releass via Eurekalert:

Nanopore method could revolutionize genome sequencing

"A team led by physicists at the University of California, San Diego has shown the feasibility of a fast, inexpensive technique to sequence DNA as it passes through tiny pores. The advance brings personalized, genome-based medicine closer to reality.

The paper, published in the April issue of the journal Nano Letters, describes a method to sequence a human genome in a matter of hours at a potentially low cost, by measuring the electrical perturbations generated by a single strand of DNA as it passes through a pore more than a thousand times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. Because sequencing a person's genome would take several months and millions of dollars with current DNA sequencing technology, the researchers say that the new method has the potential to usher in a revolution in medicine."

This is really interesting research, lets hope it can be implemented effectively and cheap genomes become a reality.

Fast DNA Sequencing via Transverse Electronic Transport
Johan Lagerqvist, Michael Zwolak, and Massimiliano Di Ventra
Nano Letters.

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