Pacific Biosciences and a team from Harvard have sequenced 2 isolates from the Haitian cholera outbreak plus 3 reference strains in amazing time -- just over a month from deciding to collaborate to publication in a top journal! Actual sequence generation was 2 days after receipt of the bacterial genomic DNA.
Good article in BioIT World with the backstory, and currently free on New England Journal of Medicine with the science (paper; supplement with detailed methods).
Good article in BioIT World with the backstory, and currently free on New England Journal of Medicine with the science (paper; supplement with detailed methods).
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