Entire Genome Sequencing from Single Molecule DNA

Cambridge based Helicos Bioscience announced the publication of a report in Science Magazine demonstrating the first single molecule sequencing of an organism (M13 virus genome) examining more than 280,000 strands of captured DNA.

Helicos’ uses a proprietary form of sequencing-by-synthesis called True Single Molecule Sequencing(tSMS)™. Unlike other methods, the technique builds up the sequence of each strand of DNA one base at a time.