Issue 26, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Sequencing nucleic acids: from chemistry to medicine

Shankar Balasubramanian*abc  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, UK
E-mail: sb10031@cam.ac.uk
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Tel: +44 (0)1223 336347

b Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge, UK

c School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Abstract

Chemistry has played a vital role in making routine, affordable sequencing of human genomes a reality. This article focuses on the genesis and development of Solexa sequencing that originated in Cambridge, UK. This sequencing approach is helping transform science and offers intriguing prospects for the future of medicine.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC11078K
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Submitted
23 Feb 2011
Accepted
06 Apr 2011
First published
04 Mai 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 7281-7286

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