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Episode 59: Illumina
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In this episode of Petri Dish Perspectives, we dive into the remarkable story of Illumina, from a small sequencing startup born during the Human Genome Project era to the company that transformed DNA sequencing from a billion-dollar scientific challenge into a routine laboratory tool.
We explore how Illumina's sequencing-by-synthesis technology became the gold standard for genomics, enabling everything from cancer research and rare disease diagnosis to population-scale genetic studies. You'll hear how the company built an empire around the idea that reading DNA would become…
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