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Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Oxford Nanopore Technologies’ goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere. The company has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology for real-time, high-performance, accessible, and scalable analysis of DNA and RNA. The technology is used in more than 100 countries to understand the biology of humans, diseases, such as cancer, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses, and whole environments.

Oxford Nanopore devices sequence DNA/RNA directly, which means the data is rich and can be streamed in real-time, to provide rapid insights. It’s possible to sequence short to ultra-long fragments of DNA for a truly comprehensive picture. The technology is fully scalable — from pocket to population scale.

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