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Discuss “Carbon nanotube device detects genetic mutations”

University of Pittsburgh researcher Alexander Star, in collaboration with California-based company Nanomix, Inc., has developed devices made of carbon nanotubes that can detect mutated genes that may cause hereditary diseases.

This approach to detecting gene mutations increases the speed of detection in comparison to conventional techniques. It will also dramatically decrease the cost and inconvenience associated with this type of genetic detection.

“The development of this type of technology will enable label-free detection of mutated DNA sequences,” said Star, an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh.

Carbon nanotubes are cylindrical carbon molecules with innovative properties that make them potentially useful...

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