Building the $100 Thermocycler

[A.F. Simpson]

Louis Hom wrote:
> 
> The recent developments surrounding the PCR patents in the US have got me
> thinking about designing a low cost thermocycler that might make PCR more
> accessible to labs (like high schools or undergrad labs at small schools)
> that can't afford the $4000 price tag associated with most thermocyclers
> out there.

You might want to be careful.  As I understand it, the overturned patent
concerned Taq polymerase only.  The PCR process itself (and hence
machines to perform it) is still covered by various other patents. 

> Lou Hom >K'93

love
Anna