UK scientists win £2.2m Breakthrough prize for DNA reading advances

Creators of next-generation genome sequencing take science ’s most lucrative awardTwo British researchers have won the most lucrative prize in science for work that dramatically improved the speed and reduced the cost of reading DNA, the molecular instructions for life.Sir Shankar Balasubramanian and Sir David Klenerman, both professors at the University of Cambridge, share the $3m ( £2.2m) Breakthrough prize in life sciences with Pascal Mayer, the founder of the French firm Alphanosos, for creating next-generation genome sequencing, or NGS.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 9, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Science Genetics Vaccines and immunisation Coronavirus UK news Biology Health Society Infectious diseases Source Type: news