Emerging technologies

The technology behind DNA sequencing is fast-moving. At the time of writing, two novel sequencing technologies are under test. If successful, they promise to increase sequencing speed by several orders of magnitude:

454: An instrument which contains both optical and fluidic subsystems, controlled by a computer. It has the potential to sequence millions of bases per hour. http://www.454.com/

Solexa Genome Analysis System: includes proprietary Clonal Single Molecule Array^TM technology and reversible terminator chemistry, which can generate upwards of one billion bases of data in a single run and includes expression profiling. http://www.solexa.com/