Seth Howes氏のリツイート：自宅だけでヒトゲノムを30xカバレッジでシーケンスすることに成功
Seth Howes氏が、実験室に一度も足を踏み入れずに自宅の一室だけでヒトゲノムを30倍カバレッジでシーケンスすることに世界で初めて成功した。Oxford Nanopore P2 Soloという可搬型シーケンサーを使用し、ソフトウェア、ハードウェア、分子生物学を組み合わせたこのプロジェクトは、AIの支援なしには解決できなかった100以上の技術的課題を克服してわずか6週間で達成された。
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