id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-267714-ji88tvsl JAKUPCIAK, JOHN P. Biological agent detection technologies 2009-04-21 .txt text/plain 3526 175 35 PCR-based methods have critical limitations, since they depend on a priori knowledge of what sequence to detect in a sample further complicated by recent demonstrations of greater variability in genomic sequence than expected. A platform for genome identification of a specimen from any source must not only be sensitive and specific, but must also detect a variety of pathogens with high accuracy, including modified or previously uncharacterized agents, and this challenge is daunting when identification must be achieved using nucleic acids in a complex sample matrix. The build-out of genome identification DNA sequencing technology in the form of practical instrumentation will be achieved by incorporating the critical requirements for accurate long reads, without dependency for template amplification, capable of manipulating terabytes of data to provide reliable and useful identification of genetic sequences within any unknown sample, whether clinical, environmental, or other type of specimen. ./cache/cord-267714-ji88tvsl.txt ./txt/cord-267714-ji88tvsl.txt