The world's smallest "laboratory" for DNA analysis

I remember that in the mid-90s, a laboratory was shown on TV, where they analyzed the DNA of different people (I don’t remember with what purpose). This laboratory was full of equipment and staff, and the size of the laboratory were rather big. Of course, all this may just be a television reception, so that the viewer sees the “science” with his own eyes. However, neither the laboratory nor that time, nor this, can not be compared with a small device for DNA analysis. Yes, yes, you see it in the photo.

For analysis, one drop of blood is enough. In addition to blood, unnamed reagents are also used, which allow you to isolate and then analyze DNA. What's interesting is that the entire analysis takes only an hour. Previously, such an analysis took about a week (or even several days, later).
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A blood chip fits into something like a printer, which, in turn, is connected to a desktop PC with specialized software. Well, and in this “printer”, DNA is already being extracted with further analysis of its components. By the way, such an operation as PCR (polymerase chain reactions) now takes only 9 minutes.

All this is developed by one of the divisions of the company Panasonic. One can only guess how much such a mini-laboratory can cost, unfortunately, this information is not available yet. If we are talking about tens of thousands of dollars, and not millions, then, in principle, most private clinics can afford to buy such a device. And then the "laboratory" for DNA analysis will occupy one desktop.

You can see how this miracle of technology works below:



via Gizmodo