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Diagenode Megaruptor 3

Mar 12, 2019

Diagenode has launched Megaruptor 3, a new version of its DNA shearing instrument. The Megaruptor pumps DNA in solution through an array of uniform pores several times, stretching and breaking the DNA strands in the process. The device is designed to shear DNA into 5 kb to 100 kb fragments and can handle between one and eight samples per run.

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