Comment by AstroDogCatcher

Interested outsider here; I work with a lot of HCLS research customers but don't have a biology-related background. Can you explain the problems with the Nanopore sequencer accuracy in more detail? Basically, I was wondering if I could get one for myself and sequence my own genome, then user the data to learn about life-sciences computing techniques. If I were to buy one of the USB-attachable devices and run it, is the data simply not viable for use in a genomics pipeline, or is it just that the results would be questionable? Also, if accuracy is an issue, what about just running the same sample N times and doing some error correction?