Livermore National Lab delivered the first fully portable, battery-powered, real-time DNA analysis system to the US Army

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In 1996, Livermore National Lab delivered to the U.S. Army for testing the first fully portable, battery-powered, real-time DNA analysis system.

Based on miniaturized flow cytometry and polymerase chain reaction (PCR), it was the first in a series of increasingly capable instruments to rapidly detect the presence of biological agents.

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Source: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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