PlayDNA Works on Bringing DNA Sequencing, 'Big Data' Analysis to Secondary Schools

May 15, 2017

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Children are getting exposed to complex technologies at ever younger ages, with four-year-olds confidently navigating their parents' tablet computers and kindergarteners exploring the world of coding with programming languages such as ScratchJr. Now a startup called PlayDNA is beginning to make DNA sequencing look like child's play.

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