DNA Sequencing at Home

Thanks to important innovations on the part of scientists and inventors Josh Perfetto and Tito Jankowski, DNA sequencing is now closer to being accessible at home. Thanks to a new machine called "OpenPCR", users at home can purchase a PCR machine for only $599, with a cheaper model available for just $149. Polymerase Chain Reaction is the "key step" in any kind of genomics, and the reason we are able to use such little genetic information to perform genetic tests. This machine is able to replicate the strand of DNA over and over again, multiplying it in length. This is relevant to the course because we discussed PCR briefly, as well as DNA sequencing.