Biotech Values

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... odd name

Oxford Nanopore uses one pore:

https://nanoporetech.com/how-it-works

Two pore guys use two, with the idea of better being able to control the speed of a DNA strand passing through the pore(s) and or being able to switch the direction.

... this is what has been written by someone much more competent than me

http://omicsomics.blogspot.de/2017/01/two-pore-guys-previews-handheld.html

" Rather, by attaching capture reagents to DNA (or in the new video, some unspecified DNA-like molecule) the presence of captured molecules or particles can be detected."

Somewhere on a blog they showcased a video of a HIV test using this technology. In theory they could test virtually anything with it (with the specifically crafted capture reagent for the bacterial/viral/cancer RNA/DNA to be detected)