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Despite having a diameter tens of thousands of times smaller than a human hair, nanopores could be the next big thing in DNA sequencing. By zipping DNA molecules through these tiny holes, scientists hope to one day read off genetic sequences in the blink of an eye. Now, researchers from Brown University have taken the potential of nanopore technology one step further. They have combined a nanopore with a tiny cage capable of trapping and holding a single DNA strand after it has been pulled through the pore. While caged, biochemical experiments can be performed on the strand, which can then be zipped back through the nanopore to look at how the strand has changed. "We see this as a very interesting enabling technique," said Derek Stein, associate professor of physics and engineering at Brown, who helped develop the technology with his graduate students. "It allows you for the first time to look at the same molecule before and after any kind of chemical reaction that may have taken place." A paper describing the device is published in Nature Communications. The device looks a bit like a miniscule hollowed-out hockey puck. On one flat side is a nanopore, and on … Continue reading →