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App analyzes coronavirus genome on a smartphone – EurekAlert
A team led by Garvan’s Dr Ira Deveson developed the app ‘Genopo’ that can analyse the coronavirus genome on a portable Android device.
IMAGE: The app Genopo makes genomics more accessible to remote or under-resourced regions.
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Credit: Dr Ira Deveson
A new mobile app has made it possible to analyse the genome of the SARS-CoV-2 virus on a smartphone in less than half an hour.
Cutting-edge nanopore devices have enabled scientists to read or ‘sequence’ the genetic material in a biological sample outside a laboratory, however analysing the raw data has still required access to high-end computing power – until now.
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