NovaSeq X and X Plus from Illumina: Latest Sequencing Technologies—Part 1

In the Fall of 2022 Illumina announced their newest pair of flagship sequencers: the NovaSeq X and the NovaSeq X Plus. Their development was part of Illumina’s pursuit of lowering the cost of sequencing by dropping the price to approximately $200 per genome. The major differences between Illumina’s previous top sequencer (the NovaSeq 6000) and the NovaSeq X and X Plus are that the new devices have more affordable and updated reagents, faster run times, and the ability to process data directly...