NASA Commentator Amiko Kauderer talks with Dr. Aaron Burton, principal
investigator of the Biomolecule Sequencer technology demonstration on
the International Space Station, which is providing proof-of-concept of
the functionality and operability of a portable DNA sequencer in space.
The device developed by Oxford Nanopore Technologies, called a MinION,
is commercially available, but is now being certified for flight where
it could help scientists learn more about how the human body responds to
long periods of time in weightlessness, which will be required for crew
members on future missions to Mars and other destinations in deep
space.
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