IBM DNA Transistor: Marching towards $1,000 genome
A team of IBM Researchers is exploring new and innovative ways to quickly read human DNA at a low cost — an advancement that can lead to important breakthroughs in health condition diagnosis and treatment.
The scientists are designing a “DNA Transistor” which is created by using an electron beam to make a nanometer-sized opening in a microchip, called a nanopore, to read DNA Molecules. With this IBM joins the Next generation sequencing race in a bid to achieve the dream of $1,000 genome.
DNA sequencing for the first time began at academic research centers early 1970s, and the original Human Genome Project was successfully sequenced the first genome in 2001 and it costed them something like $1 billion.
Now IBM scientists trying to get the cost down to 1000 dollars so that personalized medicine will become a reality.A human genome sequencing capability affordable for individuals is the ultimate goal of the DNA sequencing and is commonly referred to as $1,000 genome. Ultimately, it can improve the quality of medical care by identifying patients who will gain the greatest benefit from a particular medicine and those who are most at risk of adverse reactions.
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