Comments on: Spartan DX Personal DNA Analyzer For Playing C.S.I. At Home http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/06/13/spartan-dx-personal-dna-analyzer-for-playing-csi-at-home/ Deliciously Geeky... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: spartanbio http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/06/13/spartan-dx-personal-dna-analyzer-for-playing-csi-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-248750 spartanbio Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:17:28 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/06/13/spartan-dx-personal-dna-analyzer-perfect-for-playing-csi-at-home/#comment-248750 The Spartan DX is a real-time PCR instrument. This means that you get the results right away on the LCD display and there is no need to run a gel. Also, DNA extraction is getting much easier these days. For example, EPICENTRE has a buccal swab that lets you collect and extract PCR-quality DNA in 3 minutes: http://www.epibio.com/pdfforum/11_4_4.pdf The Spartan DX is a real-time PCR instrument. This means that you get the results right away on the LCD display and there is no need to run a gel.

Also, DNA extraction is getting much easier these days. For example, EPICENTRE has a buccal swab that lets you collect and extract PCR-quality DNA in 3 minutes: http://www.epibio.com/pdfforum/11_4_4.pdf

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/06/13/spartan-dx-personal-dna-analyzer-for-playing-csi-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-244253 Anonymous Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:31:20 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/06/13/spartan-dx-personal-dna-analyzer-perfect-for-playing-csi-at-home/#comment-244253 The PCR is the easy part - all it is is a glorified oven. Its the DNA extraction and running on a gel after the PCR thats the hard part The PCR is the easy part – all it is is a glorified oven. Its the DNA extraction and running on a gel after the PCR thats the hard part

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