Faster Nanopores

Current nanopore DNA sequencers run at ~400bp/s a faster readout would solve a lot of problems. In particular:

• You would get your data quicker (obviously).

• Throughput would increase.

• Well lifetime would likely not be decreased, increasing total run throughput, and resulting in a lower Cost/Gb or genome.

Oxford in particular appear to have had trouble pushing well size down, with voltage sensing first discussed 5 years ago, but still nothing in early access.

Would a faster readout give them an easier route forward?

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