VIDEO: DNA sequencer successfully used on the International Space Station for the first time

08/30/2016 - 22:32

Melissa Gaskill


For the first time ever, DNA was successfully sequenced in microgravity as part of the Biomolecule Sequencer experiment performed by NASA astronaut Kate Rubins this weekend aboard the International Space Station. The ability to sequence the DNA of living organisms in space opens a whole new world of scientific and medical possibilities. Scientists consider it a game changer.

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