> > https://github.com/nanoporetech/ - the nanopore is a prime tool for > > covid-19 > > Hmmm, that github directory lists several tools but none with this > description neither the name nanopore. I've found a software named > nanopore on Github here:
Hi Andreas, "nanopore" in "the nanopore is a prime tool for covid-19" possibly means the way or devices or tools to sequence DNA by the company: Oxford Nanopore technology [1] 's sequencing device such as MiniON, GridION, PromethION [1]. It is a sequencing way to detect base pairs (A, T, G, C) of DNA by passing it to the device's protein nano (small) pore (hole). As it is a sequencing of long reads, and the specific tools for the long reads are used. It's not like a sequencing of short reads for example for Illumina sequencers. [1] https://nanoporetech.com/ -- Jun | He - His - Him
